Nov. 11, 2020
After a significant spike in COVID-19 cases, nine Oregon counties will begin a two-week pause of social activities on Nov. 11. Five counties were announced on Friday and four more counties were added to the list today. Counties with a case rate above 200 per 100,000 people over a two-week period, or more than 60 cases over a two-week period for counties with less than 30,000 people have been placed on the pause. We must all work together to slow the spread of COVID-19.
The two-week pause measures include:
- Urging all businesses to mandate work from home to the greatest extent possible.
- Pausing long-term care facility visits that take place indoors to protect staff and residents.
- Reducing maximum restaurant capacity to 50 people (including customers and staff) for indoor dining, with a maximum party size of six. Continuing to encourage outdoor dining and take out.
- Reducing the maximum capacity of other indoor activities to 50 people (includes gyms, fitness organizations/studios, bowling alleys, ice rinks, indoor sports, pools and museums).
- Limiting social gatherings to your household, or no more than six people total if the gathering includes those from outside your household. Reducing the frequency of those social gatherings (significantly in a two-week period) and keeping the same six people in your social gathering circle.
For more information on the two-week pause see the graphic below, or read Governor Brown’s press release.
 
COVID-19 has changed our lives in many ways. If you’re struggling, you’re not alone. There’s support in your community. The Community Care Resource Guide is a place where you can find culturally sensitive resources created for and by your community. Join a support group or find a counselor where you can feel safe and understood. For affordable resources and care that are right for you and those you love, visit the Community Care Resource Guide.
For more information on mental health resources, check out the Safe + Strong website.
The coronavirus pandemic has changed our world. But it has not changed Oregon's commitment to those who served and fought for us.
The Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs (ODVA) has a comprehensive online resource guide available to assist veterans from all walks of life in finding the benefits that are most useful to their unique circumstances at this time.
Here’s a list of other resources available to veterans and military service members:
COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 734, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today.
OHA also reported 723 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today bringing the state total to 51,155.
The new cases are in the following counties: Baker (1), Benton (8), Clackamas (68), Clatsop (2), Columbia (4), Coos (6), Crook (2), Deschutes (25), Douglas (21), Grant (4), Jackson (41), Jefferson (5), Josephine (2), Klamath (10), Lane (36), Linn (17), Malheur (7), Marion (79), Morrow (1), Multnomah (204), Polk (16), Tillamook (2), Umatilla (11), Union (13), Wasco (1), Washington (119) and Yamhill (18).
Oregon’s 731st COVID-19 death is an 84-year-old man in Lane County who tested positive on Oct. 17 and died on Nov. 7 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center Riverbend. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 732nd COVID-19 death is a 79-year-old woman in Lane County who tested positive on Oct. 17 and died on Nov. 7 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center Riverbend. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 733rd COVID-19 death is an 86-year-old woman in Marion County who tested positive on Oct. 30 and died on Nov. 8 at Salem Hospital. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 734th COVID-19 death is a 50-year-old man in Lane County who tested positive on Oct. 17 and died on Nov. 8 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center Riverbend. He had underlying conditions.
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