UMATILLA COUNTY — The Oregon Health Authority has reported the state’s first COVID-19-related death of a child between 0-9 years old — an infant boy from Umatilla County.
In a statement, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and husband Dan call the death a tragedy.
A Umatilla County infant has died from COVID-19, Oregon health officials reported on Thursday, Feb. 18.
The infant s death was among the six deaths reported by the Oregon Health Authority, bringing the state s death toll to 2,149.
Meanwhile, 466 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases were also reported, bringing the state total to 151,713. We have all worked together for nearly a year in Oregon to protect the lives of those we hold most dear, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said in a joint statement with her husband, Dan. The loss of a life so young is an indescribable tragedy for a family. Dan and I send our thoughts and condolences to the mother and family of this child, whose grief must be unimaginable in this moment. The hearts of all Oregonians are with you today.