Sept. 23, 2020
The conversation is bound to happen, if it hasn’t happened to you as a parent already. What are you prepared to say when your child asks about spending time with friends?
If you’re not comfortable with playdates yet:
- For younger children, you can keep it simple.
- For teens, you can point them to the facts about the virus.
The Harvard Health Blog has many useful tips for what to do if your teen pushes back about staying home during COVID-19.
This article from Children’s Hospital of Orange County also explains what you can do to help your children cope with missing their friends.
If you are ready for your kids to spend time with friends again:
To learn more about having difficult conversations with children, friends and family about COVID-19, visit the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health website.
In today’s Weekly Report, OHA notes that the week of Sept. 14 through Sept. 20 reported new COVID-19 infections rose 17% from the week prior, to 1,511. The number of Oregonians newly tested rose 8%, to 18,840, and the percentage of tests that were positive rose from 5.6% to 6.2%. Eighteen Oregonians were reported to have died in association with COVID-19, compared to 29 the prior week. One hundred and sixteen Oregonians were hospitalized, up from 83 in the previous week. The age group with the highest incidence of reported infection continues to be 20–29-year-olds. People under 30 years old have accounted for 37% of reported cases.
Starting today, Sept. 23, OHA is changing the process for reporting COVID-19 outbreaks in childcare facilities. The change will provide a more transparent and comprehensive reporting of these cases.
Childcare providers are required to report COVID-19 cases to their local health care authority. Since July, OHA has reported on outbreaks of five or more cases in facilities that enrolled 30 or more children in the Weekly COVID-19 Report.
Under the new reporting threshold, outbreaks of more than two children in facilities with a capacity of more than 16 children will now be reported, provided they are not siblings in the same household.
COVID-19 has claimed six more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 537, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today.
Oregon Health Authority reported 193 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 31,503.
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Baker (1), Benton (2), Clackamas (9), Clatsop (2), Columbia (2), Coos (2), Deschutes (2), Douglas (1), Hood River (2), Jackson (22), Jefferson (3), Josephine (4), Klamath (1), Lane (36), Lincoln (1), Linn (2), Malheur (22), Marion (17), Multnomah (29), Polk (2), Umatilla (12), Wasco (4), Washington (14), and Yamhill (1).
Oregon’s 532nd COVID-19 death is a 93-year-old woman in Marion County who tested positive on Sept. 11 and died on Sept. 15 at Samaritan Albany General Hospital. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 533rd COVID-19 death is a 93-year-old woman in Multnomah County who tested positive on Sept. 14 and died on Sept. 15 at Portland Adventist Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 534th COVID-19 death is an 82-year-old man in Washington County who tested positive on Aug. 17 and died on Sept. 19 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 535th COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old man in Lane County who tested positive on Sept. 1 and died on Sept. 22 in his residence. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 536th COVID-19 death is a 54-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Sept. 3 and died on Sept. 7 at Providence Portland Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 537th COVID-19 death is a 95-year-old woman in Multnomah County who tested positive on July 17 and died on Aug. 31 in her residence. She had underlying conditions.
NOTE: Updated information is available for Oregon’s 295th COVID-19 death, a 26-year-old man in Yamhill County. The updated death certificate does not list COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or as a significant condition that contributed to his death, and he is no longer considered a COVID-19 related death or case.
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