(Update: Adding details of Wednesday s reported deaths, 1 in Deschutes County)
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) There are 27 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including Deschutes County s 61st death, raising the state’s death toll to 2,252, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
OHA also reported 276 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the state total to 156,287.
Note: A large volume of backlogged electronic laboratory reports (ELRs) were received Tuesday. As a result, Wednesday’s test counts are higher than anticipated. Test results were from Jan. 1 to March 1. Approximately 99% of these test results were negative results, and Wednesday s percent positivity is lower than anticipated.
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