10 ZIP codes with most new coronavirus cases in Oregon
Updated Feb 13, 2021;
Posted Feb 13, 2021
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Coronavirus cases declined in Oregon last week as the state seemingly settled into a new normal: 4,000-something weekly confirmed or presumed infections.
Oregon has now seen three consecutive weeks below 4,800 cases, a feat that hasn’t happened since October. And it appears very likely Oregon will add a fourth week to the streak.
ZIP codes outside the Portland area saw the most coronavirus cases last week – with one major exception. The Portland ZIP code home to the Inverness Jail, where a large outbreak is infecting adults in custody, led the state in cases for a second week in a row.
Appointments to receive the first doses for Umatilla County residents age 80 and over were snapped up quickly on Monday, Feb. 8.
Umatilla County Public Health announced on Friday, Feb. 5 it was scheduled to receive 400 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to begin vaccinating elderly residents next week as Oregonians over the age of 80 become eligible starting Sunday, Feb. 7. People could call for an appointment starting at 8 a.m. on Feb. 8 and by 10:30 a.m. that day the health department had already posted on its Facebook page that all appointments for the week had been filled.
According to Joe Fiumara, the countyâs public health director, 100 doses were slated for Mirasol Family Health Center in Hermiston, 100 for Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston, 100 for the county health department in Pendleton, and 100 to be distributed at the Milton-Freewater Community Building.
PENDLETON — Umatilla County is scheduled to receive 400 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to begin vaccinating elderly residents next week as Oregonians over the age of 80 become eligible
More than 1,300 older and more vulnerable inmates have already been vaccinated. Author: Mike Benner Updated: 11:26 PM PST February 3, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Excited only begins to describe how Nellie Love is feeling. Her fiance, an inmate at Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla, is eligible to be vaccinated for COVID-19 immediately. I m super excited about it, she said.
More than 1,300 older and more vulnerable inmates have already been vaccinated. I m happy and I think it s a step in the right direction, said Heather Bernhardt.
Bernhardt s fiance, also incarcerated at Two Rivers Correctional Institution, is one of nearly 3,400 inmates across Oregon to test positive for the virus.
The past few months have highlighted the strange relationship between Umatilla County and the Oregon Department of Corrections.
Specifically, the relationship between the 80,000 people living outside the walls of our two prisons and the 3,200 men who live inside Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla and Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton.
Like most people who live in Umatilla County, I have friends and acquaintances who work or have worked at the prisons. And, like most people, I donât personally know any of the men currently behind bars.
What I do know about life inside the prisons is second hand. From the perspective of employees and family members. From tours and information provided by administration. From