Live updates: Oregons COVID-19 death toll hits 427 – OPB News

Live updates: Oregons COVID-19 death toll hits 427 - OPB

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By opb Staff (opb)

Aug. 26, 2020 1 p.m. Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 6:02 p.m.

Oregons death toll from the coronavirus pandemic continues to climb: seven more cases announced Tuesday brought the death toll to 427, according to the Oregon Health Authority.

Public health officials and elected leaders like Gov. Kate Brown have emphasized the need to drastically reduce the number of new cases announced each day, but the Oregon Health Authority reported that the number remains stubbornly high at 247 new confirmed and presumptive cases, bringing the state total to 25,391.

The new cases are spread across 23 Oregon counties from Baker and Malheur along the states eastern border to the largest numbers in the Willamette Valley - including 48 new cases in Multnomah County, 40 new cases in Marion County and 38 new infections in Washington. Five counties reported just one case: Clatsop, Deschutes, Polk, Tillamook and Wallowa.

The seven fatalities range in age from a 63 year-old man who died at home in Umatilla County to a 93 year-old woman who died at her residence in Lincoln County. All seven people who died were identified as having underlying health conditions.

Many professors at Southern Oregon University in Ashland expressed relief when the campus announced this summer that most courses would be taught online.

But the transition to a new model of teaching has brought long-workdays, technical challenges and an emotional burden that faculty members

I am 100% burned out and so is everyone I know, said SOU digital media professor Andrew Gay. I think that all of us are still pretty much in crisis mode of knowing that we have these really difficult tasks.

Related: SOU professors say theyre overwhelmed with new COVID-related workloads

The Pacific Crest Trail Association is will not begin issuing long-distance hike permits in October as originally planned. Organizers cited the ongoing pandemic and continuing spread of the coronavirus on their website. Instead theyll be monitoring the situation for next year and will reevaluate 2021 permits by mid-January. The nonprofit group is urging people to hike locally rather than tackle the 2,600-mile-through hike, though its warnings are non-binding and some backpackers have still insisted on hitting the trail.

Related: Pacific Crest Trail Association postpones 2021 permits

With hundreds of thousands out of work, Washington and California have instituted some of the countrys strongest directives to ensure people dont have their power or water shut off because they cant pay their bills.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, meanwhile, has been almost completely silent on the issue, preferring in many cases to trust that utilities around the state will protect customers struggling amid unprecedented circumstances.

Consumer advocates say that trust might be misplaced. While the states large investor-owned utilities like Portland General Electric and Pacific Power arent currently pulling the plug when customers cant pay their bill, many of Oregons consumer-owned utilities have ended a self-imposed moratorium in recent weeks, resuming regular disconnection practices.

Related: Some Oregon utilities resume disconnecting customers

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has plans to commute the sentences of more prison inmates who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.

The Department of Corrections has seen some of the states biggest outbreaks of the disease, with 613 inmates and 177 staff who have tested positive for the virus. The department reported that 513 inmates and 139 staff members have recovered. Three inmates have died from the virus.

In June, the governorcommuted the sentencesof 57 people who are incarcerated.

The governor will only consider releasing inmates who are within two months of release, are not serving a sentence for a violent crime against another person, have suitable housing upon release, and have had good behavior while in custody for at least a year.

Related: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown prepares to commute more sentences of inmates vulnerable to COVID-19

Another 20 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Clark County, Washington, and one additional person has person died, the local public health department reported Tuesday. To date, 2,455 residents of the county have tested positive for the virus and 48 have died. The man who died was older than 80 and had no underlying medical conditions, officials said.

Since the start of the pandemic, 71,705 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Washington, and 1,876 have died, according to the latest data available from the state.

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As school reopening looms, a positive COVID-19 result at a Portland child care center presents a best case for how to deal with the virus.

Multnomah county's public health officer, Dr. Jennifer Vines, said that while older adults are at the highest risk for severe COVID-19, the infection can be a risky roll of the dice for younger people, too.

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