As International and National COVID-19 confirmed cases continue to spike, Oregon continued to follow suit averaging more than 600 new confirmed cases per day. Oregon now has 48,608 confirmed COVID-19 cases adding another 4,220 cases to its overall total in this past week as well as shattering it’s single day case number Thursday hitting 805 new cases in a single day, and then adding another 770 new cases on Friday, November 6th.
In light of the latest increases in new COVID-19 cases, Governor Kate Brown announced a “Two week pause on social activities to help stop the rapid spread of COVID-19”, the strictest measures the state has imposed since the initial “stay home, save lives” measures were implemented back in March.
“The two-week pause is intended to be a wake-up call or a call to action,” said Charles Boyle, the deputy communications director in the governor’s office. Currently, five counties, Umatilla, Malheur, Marion, Jackson and Multnomah have exceeded the new metrics threshold and will be put under the increased restrictions.
Five other counties, Washington, Baker, Clackamas, Union and Linn are also seeing cases rise at a rapid rate and the Oregon Health Authority plans to reevaluate its numbers on Monday and state leaders it’s likely some or all of those counties will also be added to the pause list. These 10 counties make up 73% of all of Oregons cases and more than 75% of all of Oregons new COVID-19 cases in the past week.
Again Gov. Brown states that “the recent increases are not the result of large workplace or school outbreaks, but instead suggest there’s widespread community transmission of the virus, in small social gatherings or one-on-one meetings.
Curry County’s latest report Friday, November, 6th, now reports testing 2,562 individuals with 2,490 negative tests, and now has 14 active confirmed cases of COVID-19. Curry County has 70 recovered cases and has recorded 2 deaths after the death of a 90 year old woman.
Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services reported testing 9,684 individuals with 9,481 negative results, 203 total confirmed cases, 19 active cases reported to Public Health, with no current hospitalizations and 1 death.
Humboldt County to the south of Del Norte County reports 605 total cases, adding 34 new CoVID-19 cases in the past week after testing 37,101 individuals with now 35 active cases, 560 recoveries, 37 hospitalizations, and now 10 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic as of Friday, November, 6th.
Coos County to the north, reported testing 9,774 individuals with 9,563 negative tests, adding 20 new cases of COVID-19 in the past week with now 282 total positive cases and 1 death since the beginning of the pandemic.
Josephine County reports testing 15,931 individuals with 15,673 negative results, adding 22 new cases in the past week, 295 total positive cases of COVID-19 and 4 deaths.
Jackson County continues to see significant increases after reporting another 332 cases of COVID-19 this past week after testing 46,384 individuals with 44,324 negative test results, 2,197 total cases of COVID-19, one new death in the past week totaling 8 deaths as of Friday, November, 6th.
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