Oregon reports 2 more COVID-19 deaths, 252 new cases


PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, increasing the state’s death to 388, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday.

OHA reported 252 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state to a total of 23,262 cases, along with 465,535 negative test results.

The new cases are in the following counties: Clackamas (26), Clatsop (1), Columbia (4), Deschutes (4), Hood River (2), Jackson (18), Jefferson (3), Josephine (1) , Klamath (2), Lane (4), Lincoln (1), Linn (5), Malheur (12), Marion (40), Morrow (7), Multnomah (67), Polk (7), Umatilla (15) , Wasco (1), Washington (29) and Yamhill (3).

Oregon’s 387th COVID-19 death is an 86-year-old woman in Clackamas County who tested positive on August 12 and died on August 13, at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center. She had underlying circumstances.

Oregon’s 388th COVID-19 death is a 52-year-old woman in Multnomah County who tested positive on Aug. 5 and died Aug. 14 at Providence Portland Medical Center. She had underlying circumstances.

There is updated information on Oregon’s 384th COVID-19 death. The death was a 73-year-old woman in Lane County who died on July 25 and died on August 12 at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center. She had underlying circumstances.

Due to a script error, some negative test results from the early days were reported on Saturday. That could result in an unusually low positive test rate Saturday and a higher one today. This had no positive cases.

See table below for total cases, deaths and negative tests by province.

County Fallen 1 Total death2 Negative tests 3
Bakker 53 0 1170
Benton 186 6 9371
Clackamas 1689 50 45213
Clatsop 91 0 4095
Colombia 110 1 5082
Coos 93 0 4388
Crook 52 1 1953
Curry 19 0 1150
Deschutes 639 11 20611
Douglas 160 1 9051
Gilliam 4 0 208
Subsidy 4 0 601
Harney 11 0 622
Hood River 218 0 4099
Jackson 559 2 21468
Jefferson 411 5 3760
Josephine 139 2 7615
Klamath 210 2 7943
mar 32 0 586
Lane 625 4 47173
Lincoln 438 9 7185
Linn 333 11 12025
Malheur 905 15 3685
Marion 3204 73 34830
Tomorrow 407 3 1343
Multnomah 5330 102 104501
Polk 364 12 6032
Sherman 16 0 284
Tillamook 35 0 2302
Umatilla 2450 32 10223
Union 398 2 2731
Wallowa 21 1 742
Wasco 202 3 4008
Washington 3337 27 67314
Wheeler 0 0 143
Yamhill 517 13 12028
Total 23,262 388 465,535

1 This includes cases confirmed by diagnostic tests and presumptive cases. Presumptive cases are those without a positive diagnostic test that present COVID-19-like symptoms and have had close contact with a confirmed case. County of residence for cases may change as new information becomes available. If changes occur, we will update our counting count.

2 For additional details on persons who died at COVID-19 in Oregon, please refer to our press releases.

3 This includes cases that test negative and are not epi-linked to a confirmed case.

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