Live Updates: More Than 140 New Known Coronavirus Cases In Oregon – OPB News

UPDATE (12: 41 p.m. PT) —The Oregon Successfully being Authority reported 142 current confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 in the deliver Friday.

The deliver’s total need of acknowledged optimistic and presumptive cases is 5,377.

The bulk of these current cases proceed to mostly stem from the Portland metro area with 36 cases in Multnomah County and 21 cases in Washington County. Marion County moreover had a tall need of cases Friday — 29.

Officials announced two current coronavirus-related deaths. In Oregon, 173 folks are acknowledged to comprise died from the illness.

OHA essential substances the present deaths as:

• A 96-twelve months-faded man in Washington County who examined optimistic on Might perhaps well perhaps 10 and died on June 11 in his space. He did not comprise underlying clinical prerequisites. 
• A 68-twelve months-faded man in Multnomah County who examined optimistic on June 1 and died on June 10 at Adventist Clinical institution. He had underlying clinical prerequisites.

Clark County cases at 630

Clark County reported eight current coronavirus cases Friday. That puts the county’s total need of acknowledged cases at 630.

To this point, 28 folks comprise died from COVID-19 in Clark County.

In line with the most currently on hand data, Washington has 24,779 confirmed coronavirus cases. The deliver has considered 1,194 coronavirus-related deaths.

Oregon pauses COVID reopenings

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Thursday night mentioned she is hasty halting reopenings across the deliver, urgent “pause” for one week. 

Her decision came the an identical day the Oregon Successfully being Authority announced the most up-tp-date acknowledged coronavirus cases in a single day since the muse of the pandemic, and on the eve of Multnomah County’s desired switch to Portion 1. 

Of the present COVID-19 diagnoses reported Thursday, virtually a quarter were in Multnomah County. Brown accredited 31 Oregon counties for Portion 1 reopening four weeks ago and allowed 26 of these counties to further open in Portion 2 ideal week. 

“This one-week pause will give our public health experts time to evaluate what factors are riding the spread of the virus and resolve if we have to adjust our manner to reopening,” Brown mentioned in a press briefing Friday.