Oregon reports 13 more COVID-19 deaths, including Jefferson County s 18th ktvz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Union: 982 cases, 14 deaths.
Wallowa: 78 cases, 3 deaths.
Wasco: 927 cases, 22 deaths.
Washington: 16,381 cases, 142 deaths.
Wheeler: 17 cases, 1 death.
Yamhill: 2,681 cases, 34 deaths.
Source: Oregon Health Authority
Friday: 1,446 new cases, 13 deaths cited
Oregon Health Authority reported 1,446 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the state total to 115,339. Thirteen more deaths, including one recorded in Lane County, brought the state total to 1,490.
The new deaths were:
An 84-year-old woman in Lane County who tested positive on Dec. 14 and died on Dec. 29 at Peace Health Sacred Heart Riverbend Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
A 74-year-old man who tested positive on Dec. 8 and died on Dec. 30 at Salem Hospital. He had underlying conditions.
It also means people stepping up, rolling up their sleeves, and getting vaccinated. We need to get at least 70% of the adults in Oregon (vaccinated) to get herd immunity, he said. It s an opportunity for us to show our better selves. I m an optimist. This is our opportunity, as a community, to get through this.
As Sullivan was being interviewed, a vaccine by Pfizer had begun being distributed and another by Moderna was close to getting it s OK (which subsequently happened). Both vaccines are designed to stop people from getting symptoms, but not to stop transmission of the virus.
OHA released the following information about the 30 Oregonians who died:
Oregon’s 974th COVID-19 death was an 85-year-old man in Washington County who tested positive on Nov. 20 and died on Dec. 1 at Kaiser Westside Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 975th COVID-19 death was a 78-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Nov. 25 and died on Nov. 28 at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 976th COVID-19 death was a 79-year-old woman in Lane County who tested positive on Nov. 16 and died on Dec. 2 at McKenzie Willamette Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
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.