Even on their most accomplished days, Multnomah County COVID-19 tracers only contacted 80 percent of people who reported positive tests during the pandemic, according to a report by the Multnomah County Auditor’s Office released Wednesday. Amid the pandemic’s largest surges, only 10 percent of people who reported positive tests were contacted by tracers. While state guidelines directed county tracers to contact every person who tested positive for COVID, the audit notes that contact tracing—the process.