Sampling Suggests 32 Cases Per 1,000 Redmond Residents Oregon State University COVID-19 sampling in Redmond two weeks ago suggested 32 people per 1,000 in the community carried the coronavirus during January 29-31. “This is one of the higher prevalence estimates we’ve seen in our work with Oregon communities over the past year,” said TRACE-COVID-19 project leader Ben Dalziel, an assistant professor in the OSU College of Science. “It indicates the true number infected is much higher than the number of active cases.” TRACE co-leader Jeff Bethel, an associate professor in OSU’s College of Public Health and Human Sciences, said the results demonstrate the importance of determining a COVID-19 prevalence estimate for Redmond with winter continuing strongly in Central Oregon.