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September 15, 2021
Dear Neighbors and Friends,
I hope that you and your loved ones are doing well, staying healthy, and looking out for your neighbors and friends during this past week.
I’m sending this newsletter out a little early, as I won’t be able to work on it tomorrow. As you’ll see, there are already plenty of articles for me to include in the links, and a couple of the OHA reports to share. I also wanted to get a reminder about the Bike Town Hall out to you.
You’ll see from the County report, the latest forecast, and the weekly report that the delta surge has abated and the infection numbers are beginning to improve. Compliance with the mask mandates, at least in the more densely-populated parts of the state, appears to be relatively high and helpful. Still, as OHSU’s chief numbers-cruncher tells us, hospital ICUs are going to continue to be stressed for at least another month.
Unfortunately, the uptick in new vaccinations that we were seeing a couple of weeks ago has also abated. We’ll see if the new federal mandates lead to a return to increasing vaccinations, which our medical advisors from the CDC, OHA, OHSU, and other hospital systems tell us is the key to long-term suppression of the current and future variants of the COVID virus.
I’ll send out an update on Friday with the latest COVID numbers. I’ll also be able to give you detailed information about Monday’s Redistricting Special Session. By then I’ll be able to share with you the final proposals that will be going to Legislative Counsel for drafting tomorrow.
By the way, along with the proposed maps that came in from the public, the committees were able to hear zoom testimony from 520 Oregonians, along with 1,457 pieces of written testimony. Thanks to all of you who took the time to help inform the process!
Until next time, please stay healthy and safe yourself, and let me know if you have any questions about information in tonight’s newsletter.
THIS SATURDAY: BIKE TOWN HALL!!!!
After a year off due to last year’s COVID restrictions, we are bringing back our annual bike town hall, which the legislators from HD 45 (Smith Warner), HD 46 (Pham), and SD 23 (yours truly) have been doing since I first entered the Legislature in 2009. The bike ride itself is slow and leisurely, punctuated by a number of stops to hear about local projects and priorities.
This year will focus on the many changes that will come about as a result of the $150+ million investment that will be going into 82nd Avenue and its environs. We’ll be hearing from different transportation, school, and community advocates. It will be pretty exciting.
As always, the event is made possible thanks to great support from PBOT (Portland Bureau of Transportation), and especially from Greg Raisman, the Livable Streets Program Coordinator.
The bike town hall will be on Saturday morning, September 18. We’ll be meeting at Montavilla Park (NE 82nd and Glisan) at 9 a.m. and then traveling on side streets for the next few hours. And yes, e-bikes and scooters are welcome!
By the way, masks will be optional while you’re riding, but we will want you to wear your mask at the information stops when people are gathered together.
There may be some rain on Saturday, so be prepared for that as well. They're predicting 1/4 inch for the day, so it should be relatively light.
You don’t need to register in advance for the bike town hall. Hope to see you for all or part of it!
Additional Brief Updates and Links
- Portland Public Schools is maintaining a COVID dashboard with up-to-date statistics on the number of students and staff “isolated” (i.e., testing positive) for COVID and the number currently “quarantined” (i.e., came into contact with someone positive). It breaks these data down by school and whether the exposure appears to have occurred at school or on the outside.
- We’ve reached a new (unfortunate) milestone in the pandemic: one in every 500 Americans has now died of COVID-19. That’s a national average, and it varies by state. You’ll see that fortunately Oregon’s numbers are much better (we’re tied with Utah at fifth from the bottom at one-in-1200). It also varies by race and ethnicity, with BIPOC Americans seeing much higher death rates everywhere.
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Here's an opinion piece on why any legal challenges to President Biden’s COVID action mandates are likely to fail, from a Georgetown University professor of public health law.
- Here’s more evidence that we are experiencing a “Pandemic of the Unvaccinated” from MedPage Today.
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A new study of university studentssuggests that the likelihood of a positive test result was more than five times higher in situations where at least one of the two individuals was unmasked versus situations where both were masked.
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Last weekend Oregon recorded its 300,000th COVID infection. Here's a status report on COVID from the AP/Report for America’s Sara Cline.
- Here’s reporting on the long road ahead for Oregon's hospitals. from OPB’s Erin Ross.
- And more on the same subject from KGW.
- Last year thousands of adults in federal custody were released to halfway houses or home supervision in order to reduce crowding and exposure to COVID. These were temporary releases, mostly involving elderly and medically fragile inmates incarcerated for nonviolent offenses. Most of those who have been living at home with ankle bracelets will eventually have to return to prison under orders created under the previous administration. The Biden administration is being asked to give them a second look. Here's more.
- With his decision to invoke the Defense Practices Act to dramatically increase the availability of rapid COVID tests, President Biden believes that at-home testing will be key to pandemic recovery.
- And here’s reporting onwhy the home tests are costing so much.
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Here's an opinion piece/ from the President of the Flight Attendants union explaining why her union supports a vaccination mandate and the important role that unions such as hers can play in assuring that such mandates are implemented fairly and equitably.
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Kaiser Health News has a story that we’ve been seeing all too frequently: patients in ICUs around the country who are regretting—too late—their decision not to be vaccinated when they could have.
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VOX has a story about hospitals that are now having to make decisions that they had long hoped to avoid: how to ration care when there is no more room in their ICUs.
- Last week I mentioned the incredible job that firefighters are doing in working under very difficult conditions, particularly in the midst of an ongoing pandemic. Here's a story from Stateline. with details about those challenges and the number of firefighters who are falling ill or have had to be quarantined—sadly, as a result of the delta variant, the situation is worse than last year.
- You may remember in the earlier days of the pandemic that we were seeing extremely high infection rates among Oregonians of Pacific-Islander ethnicity. Then we were seeing very high vaccination rates among this community, the result of tremendous effort by community activists. That effort was real and admirable, but it appears now that the reported vaccination rates may have been overly optimistic. Here’s some in-depth reporting from the Portland Mercury.
- Finally, on a non-COVID note, here’s an article from OPB's Dirk Vanderhartabout the redistricting special session that awaits us next week.
 Newest COVID-19 Modeling Report Sees Continued Decline in Transmission
Last Friday OHA released its latest COVID-19 forecast, showing a projected decline in daily cases and hospitalizations through late September.
According to the report, the effective reproduction rate — the expected number of secondary cases that a single case generates — was estimated at 0.88 on Aug. 25, projecting a decline in the estimated growth of new cases and hospitalizations over last week’s modeling scenario. At this rate, the number of new cases will continue to decline. (An Re of 1.0 indicates one new transmission for each existing infection.) Last week’s Re estimate was 1.17, and the estimate for early August was 1.56.
We can thus see that the surge is abating. In part this is due to steps Oregonians are taking to reduce their exposure. In part it’s due to the fact that the number of uninfected (or unvaccinated) Oregonians is reducing.
At the 0.88 level of transmission, the report estimates 490 cases per 100,000 people, or an average of 1,460 daily cases and 80 hospitalizations for the two-week period between Sept.15 and Sept. 28.
The report proposed an alternative less-optimistic scenario factoring in assumptions around the impacts of reopening schools and many public events scheduled during the month of September. In that scenario, new cases are estimated at 635 per 100,000 people, or an average of 1,910 cases and 107 hospitalizations over the same period.
This scenario is also a decrease from earlier forecasts but a more gradual one. In either case, we will likely continue to see high numbers of hospitalizations and deaths for a while.
OHA Releases Latest County Metrics: Not Much Change Overall
Though it’s no longer assigning risk levels to counties, OHA is still reporting weekly increases/decreases in COVID spread for each county and for the state as a whole.
As you’ll see in the report, not much has changed overall. The drops that we were starting to see last week in both statewide infection rate and positivity rate have stalled, and we see a slight increase in both. Both remain in the “Extreme Risk” range.
Every county remains at a level that the CDC considers High Risk or Extreme Risk. Benton County is now the county with the lowest infection rate, followed closely by Multnomah and Washington County. (Last week, by the way, Washington County became the first county in Oregon to see 80% of its adult residents vaccinated.) The county with the highest rate is again Douglas County.
Weekly COVID Data and Outbreaks Report Released: Increases Continue
The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Weekly Report, released today, shows decreases in daily cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
- OHA reported 12,997 new cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, Sept. 6 through Sunday, Sept. 12. That represents an 11% decrease from the previous week. This follows last week’s 3% decline.
- There were 592 new COVID-19 hospitalizations, down from 1,028 last week. That marks the first drop in nine consecutive weeks of increases. While the number of new hospitalizations has decreased, this hospitalization number does not account for people who remain hospitalized from previous weeks. Unfortunately, COVID is keeping people in hospital and in ICUs longer than other illnesses.
- There were 120 reported COVID-19 related deaths, down from 171 reported the previous week. It was the first decrease in the weekly death toll after six weeks of increases.
- There were 149,123 tests for COVID-19 for the week of Sept. 5 through Sept. 11, a slight increase from last week.
- The percentage of positive tests increased to 12%. This is a sign that we’re still not testing enough.
Today’s COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak Report shows 182 active COVID-19 outbreaks in senior living communities and congregate living settings, a slight decrease from last week.
1/13/21 202 facilities
2/10/21 116 facilities
3/10/21 44 facilities
4/14/21 24 facilities
5/12/21 42 facilities
6/09/21 19 facilities
7/8/21 22 facilities
7/28/21 28 facilities
8/04/21 33 facilities
8/11/21 53 facilities
8/18/21 72 facilities
8/25/21 103 facilities
9/1/21 144 facilities
9/9/21 188 facilities
9/15/21 182 facilities
Some of these outbreaks have unfortunately resulted in an increasing number of deaths of residents. Fortunately, last week we saw a decrease from the previous week:
8/4 1,374 (pandemic total)
8/11 1,385 (pandemic total) +11
8/18 1,401 (pandemic total) +16
8/25 1,419 (pandemic total) +18
9/1 1,441 (pandemic total) +22
9/9 1,468 (pandemic total) +27
9/15 1,492 (pandemic total) +24
The Outbreak Report also includes the latest data on COVID in workplaces, childcare centers, and public and private K-12 schools.
And the Deaths:
Here is information about most of the 142 deaths (down from 146) that OHA has reported since the last newsletter on September 9. It begins with last Thursday’s 21 deaths that hadn’t yet been provided to us by OHA on that day. Information about today’s 46 deaths is not yet available.
Oregon’s 3,374th COVID-19 death is a 74-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive on Aug. 10 and died on Sept. 6 at Mercy Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,375th COVID-19 death is an 83-year-old woman from Clatsop County who tested positive on Aug. 24 and died on Sept. 2 at her residence.
Oregon’s 3,376th COVID-19 death is an 87-year-old man from Clatsop County who tested positive on Aug. 15 and died on Aug. 26.
Oregon’s 3,377th COVID-19 death is a 49-year-old man from Clatsop County who tested positive on Aug. 9 and died on Sept. 3 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,378th COVID-19 death is a 71-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive on Aug. 27 and died on Sept. 7 at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,379th COVID-19 death is a 76-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive on Aug. 20 and died on Sept. 8 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,380th COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 20 and died on Aug. 26 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,381st COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 12 and died on Sept. 1 at her residence.
Oregon’s 3,382nd COVID-19 death is a 63-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 10 and died on Sept. 7 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,383rd COVID-19 death is a 60-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 5 and died on Aug. 30 at his residence.
Oregon’s 3,384th COVID-19 death is a 46-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on Aug. 14 and died on Sept. 7 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,385th COVID-19 death is an 89-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on Sept. 4 and died on Sept. 7 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,386th COVID-19 death is a 72-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive on Aug. 16 and died on Sept. 1 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.
Oregon’s 3,387th COVID-19 death is a 73-year-old woman from Tillamook County who tested positive on Aug. 21 and died on Sept. 3 at Adventist Health Tillamook.
Oregon’s 3,388th COVID-19 death is a 98-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive on Sept. 3 and died on Sept. 7 at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,389th COVID-19 death is an 83-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive on Aug. 28 and died on Sept. 7 at Salem Hospital.
Oregon’s 3,390th COVID-19 death is a 45-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive on July 25 and died on Sept. 7 at Salem Hospital.
Oregon’s 3,391st COVID-19 death is a 92-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive on Aug. 16 and died on Sept. 5 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,392nd COVID-19 death is an 86-year-old man from Umatilla County who tested positive on Aug. 20 and died on Sept. 3 at Providence St. Mary Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,393rd COVID-19 death is a 73-year-old man from Umatilla County who tested positive on Aug. 20 and died on Aug. 30 at Good Shepherd Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,394th COVID-19 death is a 43-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive on Aug. 26 and died on Sept. 7 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,395th COVID-19 death is a 63-year-old man from Crook County who tested positive on Sept. 1 and died on Sept. 9. Location of death is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,396th COVID-19 death is a 94-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive on Aug. 23 and died on Sept. 8 at her residence.
Oregon’s 3,397th COVID-19 death is a 92-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive on Aug. 25 and died on Sept. 9 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,398th COVID-19 death is a 78-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 13 and died on Sept. 8 at Asante Ashland Community Hospital.
Oregon’s 3,399th COVID-19 death is a 53-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 20 and died on Sept. 9 at Providence Medford Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,400th COVID-19 death is a 76-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive on Aug. 30 and died on Sept. 9 at his residence.
Oregon’s 3,401st COVID-19 death is an 80-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on Sept. 8 and died on Sept. 8 at his residence.
Oregon’s 3,402nd COVID-19 death is an 81-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on Aug. 29 and died on Sept. 8 at his residence.
Oregon’s 3,403rd COVID-19 death is a 76-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on Aug. 23 and died on Sept. 8 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,404th COVID-19 death is a 63-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on Aug. 24 and died on Sept. 9 at Providence Medford Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,405th COVID-19 death is a 47-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on Aug. 21 and died on Sept. 9 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,406th COVID-19 death is an 84-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive on Sept. 1 and died on Sept. 9 at Salem Hospital.
Oregon’s 3,407th COVID-19 death is a 66-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive on Sept. 2 and died on Sept. 8 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,408th COVID-19 death is an 80-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive on Aug. 30 and died on Sept. 4 at Adventist Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,409th COVID-19 death is an 87-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive on Aug. 31 and died on Sept. 6 at Adventist Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,410th COVID-19 death is a 64-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive on Sept. 1 and died on Sept. 8 at Willamette Valley Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,411th COVID-19 death is a 52-year-old woman from Yamhill County who tested positive on Aug. 24 and died on Aug. 27 at her residence.
Oregon’s 3,412th COVID-19 death is a 71-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive on Aug. 21 and died on Sept. 1 at Willamette Valley Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,413th COVID-19 death is a 74-year-old woman from Lincoln County who tested positive on Aug. 29 and died on Sept. 1 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,414th COVID-19 death is a 79-year-old woman from Lincoln County who tested positive on Aug. 21 and died on Aug. 31 at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital.
Oregon’s 3,415th COVID-19 death is an 87-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive on Aug. 11 and died on Sept. 2 at her residence.
Oregon’s 3,416th COVID-19 death is a 68-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive on Aug. 25 and died on Sept. 8 at Mercy Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,417th COVID-19 death is an 88-year-old woman from Deschutes County who tested positive on Sept. 2 and died on Sept. 12 at St. Charles Bend Hospital.
Oregon’s 3,418th COVID-19 death is an 89-year-old man from Deschutes County who tested positive on Aug. 31 and died on Sept. 7 at St. Charles Bend Hospital.
Oregon’s 3,419th COVID-19 death is a 55-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive on Sept. 2 and died on Sept. 8 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.
Oregon’s 3,420th COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive on Sept. 8 and died on Sept. 9 at her residence.
Oregon’s 3,421st COVID-19 death is a 70-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive on Aug. 25 and died on Sept. 10 at Legacy Mt. Hood Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,422nd COVID-19 death is a 54-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive on Aug. 16 and died on Sept. 8 at Mercy Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,423rd COVID-19 death is a 57-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive on Aug. 20 and died on Sept. 8 at Mercy Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,424th COVID-19 death is a 77-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive on Aug. 24 and died on Sept. 3 at Roseburg VA Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,425th COVID-19 death is a 24-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive on Aug. 26 and died on Sept. 9 at Mercy Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,426th COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive on Sept. 3 and died on Sept. 10 at Mercy Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,427th COVID-19 death is a 58-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive on Sept. 9 and died on Sept. 11 at Mercy Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,428th COVID-19 death is a 32-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive on Sept. 7 and died on Sept. 5 at his residence.
Oregon’s 3,429th COVID-19 death is a 78-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive on Sept. 5 and died on Sept. 11 at Mercy Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,430th COVID-19 death is a 41-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive on Sept. 5 and died on Sept. 10 at Mercy Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,431st COVID-19 death is an 85-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 7 and died on Sept. 9 at her residence.
Oregon’s 3,432nd COVID-19 death is a 67-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 1 and died on Sept. 8 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,433rd COVID-19 death is a 57-year-old woman from Josephine County who tested positive on Aug. 29 and died on Sept. 10 at Mercy Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,434th COVID-19 death is a 67-year-old woman from Josephine County who tested positive on Aug. 27 and died on Sept. 9 at Ashland Community Hospital.
Oregon’s 3,435th COVID-19 death is a 77-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on Aug. 27 and died on Sept. 9 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,436th COVID-19 death is a 60-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 31 and died on Sept. 9 at Providence Medford Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,437th COVID-19 death is a 74-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 25 and died on Sept. 9 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,438th COVID-19 death is a 94-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive on Aug. 26 and died on Sept. 9 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,439th COVID-19 death is a 68-year-old woman from Union County who tested positive on Aug. 28 and died on Sept. 10 at Grande Ronde Hospital.
Oregon’s 3,440th COVID-19 death is a 63-year-old man from Union County who tested positive on Aug. 21 and died on Sept.11 at Grande Ronde Hospital.
Oregon’s 3,441st COVID-19 death is a 66-year-old man from Tillamook County who tested positive on Aug. 26 and died on Sept.9 at Adventist Hospital Tillamook.
Oregon’s 3,442nd COVID-19 death is a 57-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive on Sept. 8 and died on Sept. 11 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.
Oregon’s 3,443rd COVID-19 death is a 73-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive on Aug. 29 and died on Sept.11 at PeaceHealth Sacred Health Medical Center at Riverbend.
Oregon’s 3,444th COVID-19 death is a 76-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive on Aug. 29 and died on Sept.11 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.
Oregon’s 3,445th COVID-19 death is a 36-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive on Aug. 21 and died on Sept. 11 at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center.
Oregon’s 3,446th COVID-19 death is a 49-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive on Aug. 18 and died on Sept. 11 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.
Oregon’s 3,447 COVID-19 death is a 91-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 25 and died on Sept. 9 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,448 COVID-19 death is an 81-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive on Sept. 7 and died on Sept. 12 at Mercy Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,449 COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive on Sept. 3 and died on Sept. 12 at Mercy Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,450 COVID-19 death is a 50-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive on Aug. 12 and died on Sept. 12 at Mercy Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,451 COVID-19 death is a 79-year-old man from Deschutes County who tested positive on Sept. 4 and died on Sept. 10 at St. Charles Bend Hospital. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,452 COVID-19 death is a 96-year-old man from Coos County who tested positive on Sept. 11 and died on Sept. 11 at Bay Area Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,453 COVID-19 death is a 62-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive on Aug. 23 and died on Sept. 11 at her residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,454 COVID-19 death is a 95-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive on Aug. 20 and died on Sept. 12 at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,455 COVID-19 death is a 61-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 30 and died on Sept. 10 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,456 COVID-19 death is a 68-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 24 and died on Sept. 12 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,457 COVID-19 death is an 81-year-old man from Jefferson County who tested positive on Sept. 9 and died on Sept. 10 at his residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,458 COVID-19 death is a 69-year-old woman from Josephine County who tested positive on Sept. 4 and died on Sept. 11 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,459 COVID-19 death is an 86-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on Sept. 3 and died on Sept. 13 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,460 COVID-19 death is a 54-year-old woman from Josephine County who tested positive on Sept. 1 and died on Sept. 12 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,461 COVID-19 death is an 83-year-old woman from Josephine County who tested positive on Sept. 3 and died on Sept. 12 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,462 COVID-19 death is a 44-year-old man from Klamath County who tested positive on Sept. 12 and died on Sept. 13 at Providence Medford Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,463 COVID-19 death is a 56-year-old woman from Klamath County who tested positive on Sept. 7 and died on Sept. 13 at Sky Lakes Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,464 COVID-19 death is a 74-year-old man from Klamath County who tested positive on Sept. 8 and died on Sept. 10 at Sky Lakes Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,465 COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive on Sept. 1 and died on Sept. 12 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,466 COVID-19 death is an 84-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive on Sept. 5 and died on Sept. 12 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,467 COVID-19 death is an 84-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive on Sept. 4 and died on Sept. 12 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,468 COVID-19 death is an 83-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive on Sept. 2 and died on Sept. 13 at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,469 COVID-19 death is a 60-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive on Sept. 12 and died on Sept. 12 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,470 COVID-19 death is a 73-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive on Sept. 11 and died on Sept. 13 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,471 COVID-19 death is a 98-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive on Sept. 9 and died on Sept. 9 at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,472 COVID-19 death is a 66-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive on Aug. 16 and died on Sept. 10 at Salem Hospital. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,473 COVID-19 death is a 56-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive on Aug. 21 and died on Sept. 8 at Salem Hospital. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,474 COVID-19 death is an 82-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive on Aug. 28 and died on Sept. 10 at Salem Hospital. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,475 COVID-19 death is a 78-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive on Aug. 31 and died on Sept. 7 at Salem Hospital. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,476 COVID-19 death is a 24-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive on Sept. 8 and died on Sept. 13 at Salem Hospital. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,477 COVID-19 death is a 96-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive on Sept. 5 and died on Sept. 9 at Salem Hospital. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,478 COVID-19 death is a 33-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive on Sept. 5 and died on Sept. 12 at Salem Hospital. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,479 COVID-19 death is a 72-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive on Sept. 3 and died on Sept. 11 at Santiam Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,480 COVID-19 death is a 70-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive on Sept. 2 and died on Sept. 10 at Santiam Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,481 COVID-19 death is an 82-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive on Sept. 2 and died on Sept. 11 at Salem Hospital. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,482 COVID-19 death is a 72-year-old woman from Polk County who tested positive on Sept. 7 and died on Sept. 11 at Salem Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,483 COVID-19 death is an 81-year-old woman from Crook County who tested positive on Sept. 11 and died on Sept. 13 at St. Charles Bend Hospital. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,484 COVID-19 death is a 78-year-old man from Crook County who tested positive on Sept. 8 and died on Sept. 11 at St. Charles Bend Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,485 COVID-19 death is a 51-year-old man from Crook County who tested positive on Aug. 30 and died on Sept. 4 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,486 COVID-19 death is an 85-year-old woman from Crook County who tested positive on Aug. 13 and died on Sept. 13 at St. Charles Bend Hospital. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,487 COVID-19 death is an 86-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive on Sept. 7 and died on Sept. 12 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,488 COVID-19 death is a 45-year-old man from Tillamook County who tested positive on Aug. 28 and died on Sept. 11 at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,489 COVID-19 death is a 71-year-old man from Sherman County who tested positive on Aug. 26 and died on Sept. 10 at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital. He had no underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,490 COVID-19 death is an 80-year-old man from Morrow County who tested positive on Aug. 24 and died on Sept. 3 at Good Shepherd Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
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AND FINALLY,
Here again are some resources that you will find useful
If the above links are not providing you with answers to your questions or directing you to the help that you need, please consider me and my office to be a resource. We’ll do our best to assist you or steer you in the right direction.
Best,
 Senator Michael Dembrow
District 23
email: Sen.MichaelDembrow@oregonlegislature.gov
web: www.senatordembrow.com
phone: 503-281-0608
mail: 900 Court St NE, S-407, Salem, OR, 97301
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