Updated: 5:35 PM PST January 27, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland State University is about a month into a new contact tracing and community outreach program, piloted by Latinx student leaders. While Oregon continues to battle rising COVID-19 cases, professor Roberto Orellana with PSU's School of Social Work has been tracking the disproportionate impact on the state's Latinx community. He said numbers have been grim "since day one." Despite only making up 13% of Oregon's population, Latinx people represented 39% of all coronavirus cases in late summer. That is down to about 27% in recent January counts, but has ranged up to about 40% over the course of the pandemic.