Oregon reports 2 COVID-19 deaths, including Crook County woman; 524 cases

(Update: Crook County Health Dept. comments)

State death toll approaches 700; Deschutes County reports 28 new cases

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, including the second Crook County woman in two days, raising the state’s death toll to 691, along with 524 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday.

OHA reported 524 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 45,429, along with 822,363 negative test results. It's the fourth straight day Oregon has reported more than 500 COVID-19 cases.

The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported Sunday are in the following counties: Benton (1), Clackamas (35), Clatsop (3), Columbia (5), Coos (6), Curry (2), Deschutes (28), Douglas (8), Grant (2), Hood River (2), Jackson (36), Klamath (4), Lane (35), Lincoln (2), Linn (7), Malheur (8), Marion (132), Morrow (2), Multnomah (116), Polk (5), Umatilla (5), Union (1), Wallowa (1), Wasco (4), Washington (67), Yamhill (7).

Oregon’s 690th COVID-19 death is a 73-year-old woman in Crook County who tested positive on Oct. 15 and died on Saturday at St. Charles Bend. She had underlying conditions.

A 66-year-old Crook County woman died at the Bend hospital on Friday, eight days after testing positive for the virus.

Crook County, which has now had four COVID-19 deaths in total, also had 14 cases in the past week, down from a record 22 the prior week.

"All known cases have been traced back to an origin, so no community spread," Crook County Health Department Public Information Officer Vicky Ryan said Sunday.

"The community is relaxing their behavior, so we are seeing an increase in positive results," said Ryan, who is also the county's emergency preparedness coordinator.

Oregon’s 691st COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old woman in Washington County who tested positive on Oct. 8 and died on Oct. 31 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.

Deschutes County has reported 134 COVID-19 cases in the last five days.

NOTE: Updated information is available about Oregon’s 689th COVID-19 death. He was originally identified as a Multnomah County resident but was later identified as a Clackamas County resident. Death totals by county are updated to reflect this change.

See table below for total cases, deaths, and negative tests by county.

1 This includes cases confirmed by diagnostic testing and presumptive cases. Presumptive cases are those without a positive diagnostic test who present COVID-19-like symptoms and had close contact with a confirmed case. County of residence for cases may change as new information becomes available. If changes occur, we will update our counts accordingly.

2 For additional details on individuals who have died from COVID-19 in Oregon, please refer to our press releases.

3 This includes cases who test negative and are not epi-linked to a confirmed case.