Coronavirus in Oregon: 1,010 new cases, 2 deaths as just 24% of vaccines distributed have been given
Updated Jan 02, 2021;
Posted Jan 02, 2021
Jessica Daniels, immunization program coordinator for Legacy Emanuel, first-bumps Kelley Callais after Callais administered her COVID-19 vaccination shot. Oregon s first COVID-19 vaccinations were given at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center on Dec. 16, 2020.
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State health officials on Saturday announced another 1,010 confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases as well as two more deaths, bringing the state’s death toll to 1,492 since the pandemic began and its total caseload to 116,348 cases.
State corrections officials also on Saturday announced another death of an inmate who had tested positive for COVID-19 at the Two Rivers Correctional Institute in Umatilla. The man, whose age was reported as being between 50 and 60 years old, is the 23rd inmate to die after testing positive.
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UPS driver dies from assault; co-worker taken in custody
WATERTOWN, Conn. â A UPS employee sought in a deadly assault on a co-worker was taken into custody Wednesday, Connecticut state police said.
The suspect, Elijah David Bertrand, 19, had been sought by authorities since Tuesday night when a fellow UPS worker was found suffering from injuries.
The two men apparently were riding in the same vehicle before the assault, Connecticut State Police Trooper Joseu Dorelus said at a news conference. The motive was unknown. A weapon was recovered at the scene, Dorelus said.
Bertrand was located and taken into state police custody, the agency said on Twitter. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.
Power out at Oregon prison amid COVID-19 outbreak
December 23, 2020 GMT
UMATILLA, Ore. (AP) One of Oregon’s largest prisons experiencing another COVID-19 outbreak has been grappling with a major power outage for the last week.
The outage at the Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla began on Dec. 16 and has affected six housing units and about 600 inmates, or a third of the prison’s total population, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. Staff and outside contractors have been on site trying to determine the cause and how best to resolve it, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections.
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Prisons officials don’t yet have a firm timeframe for when power will be restored.