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Apr 28, 2021 Due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Oregon, Governor Kate Brown today announced updates to county risk levels under the state’s public health framework. With hospitalizations rising above 300 people statewide, threatening to overwhelm doctors and nurses, 15 counties will move to the Extreme Risk level effective Friday, April 30 through Thursday, May 6. In addition, nine counties will be in the High Risk level, four at Moderate Risk, and eight at Lower Risk. A complete list of ...

Deschutes, Crook Counties Return to “Extreme Risk” Due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Oregon, Governor Brown moved Deschutes, Crook and 13 other counties back to “Extreme Risk” category, closing indoor dining and placing other restrictions on businesses beginning Friday through next Thursday, May 6th. Jefferson county remained unchanged, with eight other counties in the High Risk level, four at Moderate Risk, and eight at Lower Risk. A complete list of counties and their risk levels...

Oregon Health Authority Gov. Brown boosts outdoor capacity from 50 to 100 people, says risk move will save lives, avoid higher hospitalizations amid new variants SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- (Salem, OR) — Due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that 15 counties, including Deschutes and Crook, will move back to the restrictive Extreme Risk category on Friday. But amid new federal outdoor mask guidelines, the outdoor capacity limit will be raised, from 50 to 1...

The COVID-19 risk level in Teton County has been bumped down to low, or yellow. "This decrease from the Orange (Moderate) Risk Level has resulted from continued improvements in some of the local COVID-19 metrics, including total number of new cases along with improvements at the hospital," the county Health Department said in a press release." As of today, April 23, Teton County has averaged three new cases per day for the past seven days. There have been 60 new cases in the past two weeks. Tha...

Teton County, Wyo. mask order to go into effect Tuesday Pexels JACKSON, Wyo. (KIFI) – Following the Statewide Mask Requirement removal announcement on Monday, the Teton District Health Officer requested a local health order to allow Teton County, Wyo. to keep the mask requirement in place. Dr. Travis Riddell’s request was approved Friday, and the new local mask order will go into effect on March 16, 2021. In making his request to the state, Riddell felt a mask mandate is still necessary an...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: A growing number of cities in California, including Oakland, Long Beach, Montebello, West Hollywood and San Leandro, have recently enacted ordinances requiring large grocery and/or drug stores to pay specified workers premium pay for the heightened risk of exposure to and infection by the novel coronavirus. 1  Generally, the ordinances claim that premium pay is necessary to protect public health, preserve the peace, support stable i...

Counties that might fall back into the states most restrictive extreme risk level for COVID-19 spread will be given a two-week grace period on heightened restrictions, Gov. Kate Brown announced

There have been a total of 235 COVID-19 related deaths in Tuscarawas County.  The Holmes County Health Department was notified Thursday that the county moved from Risk Level 3 (Red) to Risk Level 2 (Orange) in the Ohio Public Health Advisory Alert System. The Ohio Public Advisory Alert System is a color-coded system designed to supplement existing statewide orders through a data-driven framework to assess the degree of virus spread. Tuscarawas County COVID-19 school report for the week endi...

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KETCHIKAN (KDN) — The Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center recorded three new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, and the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services announced that it had tallied