Oregon reports 1 new COVID-19 death; 59 new cases, 10 from Warm Springs family event
(Update: Corrects new statewide case count, higher Warm Springs number)
Warm Springs reports 35 total cases; included in Jefferson County count of 44
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- — COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 154, along with 59 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported Monday. Ten of those were reported to be from a family gathering on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
OHA reported 59 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Monday, bringing the state total to 4,302 case along with 127,316 negative results.
The new confirmed and presumptive cases reported today are in the following counties: Clackamas (5), Deschutes (2, for a total of 128), Jackson (1), Jefferson (11, for a total of 44), Josephine (1), Lane (4), Lincoln (3), Linn (2), Marion (13), Morrow (1), Multnomah (6), Polk (2), Umatilla (4), Washington (4).
Oregon’s 154th COVID-19 death is a 59-year-old man in Marion County, who tested positive on May 29 and died the same day at Salem Hospital. He had underlying medical conditions.
Deschutes County reported three new cases Monday, for a total of 127, 102 of whom have recovered, along with 5,521 negative results. Jefferson County, including Warm Springs, had 11 new cases, for a total of 44, along with 958 negative results. Crook County remains at six cases, along with 601 negative results.
Warm Springs reported having 35 confirmed cases as of Monday, up 13 from Friday's report.
Louie Pitt Jr., director of government affairs and planning for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, said contact tracers had determined the new cases came from an event "where a family got together, and 10 were found to be positive."
Pitt confirmed none of the new cases had been hospitalized, but said the jump in cases underscores the need to make sure residents realize how important self-quarantine and isolation of suspected cases is, along with face masks and physical distancing.
"They've got to behave -- that's the message we're trying to get through," Pitt said.
In Monday night's update, the Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center also reported 462 negative tests and 15 others pending, with 17 cases having recovered.
Jefferson County officials, who applied for Phase 2 reopening Monday to Gov. Kate Brown, said the inclusion of Warm Springs' increased case numbers in Jefferson County's count could be a challenge to that effort.
"We'll continue to informally pitch to the governor that we have no control" over the reservation, said county Administrator Jeff Rasmussen. "Nor can Governor Brown give us that control. So can you please consider that when reviewing our numbers."
County Public Health Director Mike Baker said they are not sure all the cases are a single family but were a "single cohort" (group) with tracing efforts still underway.
Last week, OHA announced that it will begin reporting large COVID-19 outbreaks in workplaces. This will include all past and future outbreaks that involve five or more COVID-19 cases in a workplace setting. OHA is in the process of compiling information on past outbreaks for public disclosure.
OHA is now including a link to the Oregon COVID-19 Daily Update in the daily news release. The Daily Update is a detailed look at COVID-19 in Oregon, including testing data, hospital capacity, and cases broken down by demographic information such as age groups, gender, race and ethnicity.
To see more case and county-level data, visit the Oregon Health Authority website, which OHA updates once a day: www.healthoregon.org/coronavirus.
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