With what Governor Brown referred to as “the middle of the fourth surge of COVID-19 in Oregon, driven by more contagious variants of the disease” driving Oregon COVID-19 numbers to rise in most areas of Oregon, a new ‘State of Emergency’ extension until the end of June was enacted by Governor Brown Thursday, April 29th. This comes on the heels of Tuesday’s announcement essentially closing down 24 of 36 Oregon counties after designating them ‘Extreme Risk’ or ‘High Risk’, restricting social and business activities.
On March 8th, 2020, one year and two months ago, Governor Brown signed Executive Order #20-03 which read…”As of March 8th, 2020 there are 14 presumptive or confirmed Coronavirus cases in Oregon, and 430 cases in the United States. I find…” the executive order goes on to say, “that the novel infectious coronavirus has created a threat to public health and safety, and constitutes a statewide emergency under ORS-401.025(1).
As of Friday, April 30th, 2021, the state of Oregon has tested 4,688,860 of it’s 4,289,440 population. Of that 4,688,860, 4,442,418 of Oregon’s 4,289,440 have tested negative for the novel COVID-19 virus and 266,442 tested positive. Since the pandemic began, Oregon has recorded 184,812 cases of COVID-19, approximately 254 cases per week. Individuals hospitalized now stand at 10,158, or, 14 per week on average. Oregonians who have unfortunately succumbed to the COVID-19 reached 2,495, roughly 178 per month, or 3 deaths per week.
Curry County’s latest numbers as reported Friday April 30th, by the Oregon Health Authority, now reports testing 11,722 individuals with 11,195 negative tests, 527 total positive COVID-19 tests and after adding 27 new cases in the last week and has recorded 634 total cases and still 9 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services reported testing 14,615 with 13,286 negative results, 34 active cases and 1,329 total confirmed cases reported by Public Health, with 0 current hospitalizations and now 7 deaths.
Coos County to the north, reported testing 48,288 individuals last week with 45,809 negative results, adding 41 new cases in the past week with now 2,479 total positive cases and 32 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Josephine County has seen significant increases in recent weeks has reported testing 74,868 individuals with 71,156 negative results, 3,712 total positive test results and 3,226 total cases of COVID-19 and now 67 deaths.
Curry County:
Statewide:
To the south of Del Norte County, Humboldt County, which includes the Eureka area, reports 3,852 total cases after testing 87,267 individuals with 83,415 negative results, 183 active cases, 3,631 recoveries, 143 hospitalizations, and 38 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Jackson County, which includes the Medford area, with a total population of 221,290, reports testing 229,349 individuals, 8,059 more people than the counties total population, with 213,549 negative test results, 15,800 positive results, and 10,476 total cases of COVID-19 with now 130 deaths as of Friday, April 30th.
