Portraits of 20 Oregonians who died in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic
Updated on Dec 28, 2020;
Published on Dec 24, 2020
Samantha Hickey and her husband, Robb, with their daughter, 5, Blakelee, and son, 7, Reed.
By staff and wire reports
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Kim Forn Luey was born in Guangyang Village, Toisan, Guangdong, China. The family immigrated to Portland in 1947, where Kim graduated from Franklin High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Oregon in 1963, married her husband Jimmie in 1964 and raised four boys. She worked nine years as a tour guide at Alpenrose Dairy starting in 1977 and then was a substitute teacher for the Beaverton school district for 19 years. Kim spent 4,300+ hours volunteering at the Lan Su Chinese Garden starting in 2000. She died of COVID-19 related complications.
Updated December 23, 2020 Two months into the year, a plague descended. For many Portlanders, the primary task of the next 10 months was not catching the coronavirus. But that wasn t so easy for many of us: people working frontline jobs, living in crowded housing, or just a little unlucky. For those infected by the virus, COVID-19 became the defining experience of 2020, or the last one. For some, it isn t over.
Amy Watson Watson, 47, a preschool teacher who lives in Southeast Portland, says she s had a fever for more than 280 consecutive days. I got COVID-19 in early April, says Watson, who thinks she contracted the disease from one of her students. I never got better.
Dec 21, 2020
Oregon had 37 new deaths from COVID-19 over the weekend and nearly 2,700 new confirmed cases.
530 patients were hospitalized on Sunday which is six fewer than Saturday.
On Saturday, there were 1,542 new cases and 36 new deaths. On Sunday, there were 1,153 new cases and 1 new death.
Since the pandemic began, there have been 1,341 deaths and nearly 102,930 cases.
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Baker (4) Benton (7), Clackamas (77), Clatsop (3), Columbia (9), Coos (5), Crook (5), Curry (7), Deschutes (43), Douglas (4), Hood River (17), Jackson (47), Jefferson (4), Josephine (16), Klamath (50), Lake (4), Lane (61), Lincoln (3), Linn (27), Malheur (6), Marion (203), Morrow (3), Multnomah (174), Polk (19), Sherman (1), Tillamook (1), Umatilla (44), Union (3), Wasco (17), Washington (261), Yamhill (28).
December 21 2020
Medical director for Clackamas, Washington counties gets shot on Dec. 18, speaks about experience Dec. 21
Dr. Ritu Sahni wants residents of Clackamas County and the metro region to know that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe.
Sahni is the medical director for Clackamas County, Washington County and Lake Oswego emergency medical systems. Last Friday, Dec. 18, he received the COVID-19 vaccine at Providence Portland Medical Center where he serves as a physician in the emergency department.
Sahni caught up with Pamplin Media Group on Monday, Dec. 21 to talk about the process, explain some of the mechanism by which it was developed and answer a few questions about vaccine safety.
Family hopes death of Milwaukie mom, 46, with COVID-19 is a wakeup call: ‘I miss her every day’
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
Carola Montero leaves behind a husband in addition to her four kids who range in age from 11 to 23.
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By Katherine Cook, KGW News
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The family of a Milwaukie mother of four, who recently passed away due to COVID-19, says her death should be a wakeup call for others. Carola Montero was 46 years old.