The Oregon Health Authority reported 43 new coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday. The report raises the state's death toll to2,137. Health officials also reported 474 new COVID-19 cases, both confirmed and presumptive. There have been a total of150,034 cases diagnosed in Oregon since the pandemic began. PAST COVERAGE |OHSU to close COVID-19 vaccination clinics Saturday, Sunday due to weather.
The Oregon Health Authority announced 474 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday along with 43 new deaths, raising the state’s coronavirus death toll to 2,137.
Updated: 4:04 PM PST February 13, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Forty-three more Oregonians have died of complications from COVID-19, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) said in its daily update Saturday. It s the most COVID-19 deaths reported since Jan. 12, when the state tied its record with 54 deaths in a single day.
The statewide death toll during the pandemic is now 2,137 people.
OHA also reported 474 more COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the state s total case count to 150,034 cases.
Multnomah County had the most new cases with 74 followed by Lane County with 52. Here s a county-by-county breakdown of the new cases:
Baker (1), Benton (19), Clackamas (25), Columbia (10), Coos (20), Crook (3), Curry (1), Deschutes (22), Douglas (25), Hood River (2), Jackson (33), Jefferson (5), Josephine (19), Klamath (3), Lake (4), Lane (52), Lincoln (1), Linn (13), Malheur (3), Marion (30), Morrow (4), Multnomah (74), Polk (16), Tillamook (2), Umatilla (15), Union (5), Wallow
Portland nurses demand COVID-19 protection
By Lyn Neeley posted on February 8, 2021
Nurses and other health care workers, along with community members, demonstrated in front of Providence Portland Medical Center on Feb. 5, demanding COVID-19 protection and better working conditions. The rally was one day after Providence gave the COVID-19 vaccine meant for people most at risk to certain large donors and board members.
Portland nurses rally, Feb. 5. WW Photo: Lyn Neeley
Gabriel Erbs, organizer for the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA), told this reporter: “Providence is a multibillion-dollar corporation and one of Oregon’s largest employers. If it’s not held accountable for protecting workers, no one will be. ONA nurses are being told to use their own paid time off if they are mandated to quarantine and stay home from work. That’s wrong and unsafe for nurses and patients.”