With Governor Brown’s reversal on “We are in the middle of the fourth surge of COVID-19 in Oregon, driven by more contagious variants of the disease.” and “We must stop hospitalizations from spiking so we can save lives, help our nurses and doctors weather this surge, and ensure no Oregonian is denied vital health care.”, Oregon reportedly recording the fastest-growing COVID-19 infection rate in the nation just two weeks ago, the extension of Oregon’s ‘State of Emergency’ until the end of June, the Center for Disease Control Director announced Wednesday May 13th, fully vaccinated adults can safely resume activities indoors or outdoors without masks or distancing, in gatherings large or small.
On Tuesday May 12th, Governor Brown announced the economy can reopen statewide when 70% of eligible people 16 and older have received their first vaccine dose, and on Friday told Oregonians that she will wait on guidance from the Center for Disease Control before she makes changes to Oregon’s mask mandate.
As of Friday, May 14th, 2021, the state of Oregon has tested 4,901,179 individuals, 611,739 more people than the states 4,289,440 population. Of that 4,621,600 have tested negative for the novel COVID-19 virus and 279,579 have tested positive. Since the pandemic began, Oregon has recorded 194,542 cases of COVID-19. Individuals hospitalized now stand at 10,686. Oregonians who have unfortunately succumbed to COVID-19 reached 2,582.
Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services reported testing 14,918 with 13,520 negative results, 27 active cases and 1,398 total confirmed cases reported by Public Health, with 33 current hospitalizations and 7 deaths.
Coos County to the north, reported testing 50,387 individuals last week with 47,857 negative results, adding 24 new cases in the past week with now 2,530 total positive cases and 34 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Josephine County has seen significant increases in recent weeks has reported testing 79,247 individuals with 75,346 negative results, 3,901 total positive test results and 3,355 total cases of COVID-19 and now 70 deaths.
To the south of Del Norte County, Humboldt County, which includes the Eureka area, reports 4,072 total cases after testing 90,433 individuals, 3,845 recoveries, 171 hospitalizations, and 42 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Jackson County, which includes the Medford area, with a total population of 221,290, reports testing 238,298 individuals, 17,638 more people than the counties total population, with 222,428 negative test results, 16,500 positive results, and 10,901 total cases of COVID-19 with now 1339 deaths as of Friday, May 14th.
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