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We’ll update this story all day with the latest news about the coronavirus and its effects in Oregon on Friday, July 3rd.

Updated at 1:30 pm

Counties with a large number of cases placed on the “watch list”

The state reported an additional 344 newly confirmed or estimated 19 COVID-19 cases on Friday, 3 July, after a record two days of confirmed and estimated coronavirus cases.

This new number of cases reflects the second-highest daily total in Oregon since the launch of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a maximum of 9,636 cases in the state.

Marion County aggregated 32 new cases, bringing the county total to 1,595. Polk County aggregated five new incidents, bringing the total county count to 154.

The state also released data on county case numbers from mid-June to early July, showing that the COVID-19 virus is the most prevalent and which counties have the highest “sporadic” infection rates. Is shown. There is no clear epidemiological link to other outbreaks or clusters of infectious diseases.

Based on this data, Governor Kate Brown’s office has identified a “watch list” for several counties, including Jefferson, Lake, Lincoln, Mullhall, Morrow, Umatilla, Union and Wasco.

State and local health authorities believe that the “hotspot communities” of these counties will need to be closely monitored over the next few days.

COVID-19 by Oregon numbers

This is Latest data from OHAAs of Friday, July 3rd.

• 209: Death from COVID-19
• 173: People admitted with confirmed or suspected COVID-19
• 25:Patients with a ventilator
• 9,636: Total number of cases
• 245,09: Negative test
• 250,637: Total number of tests since 24 January

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Oregon people urged to cancel large rally on July 4

The surge of COVID-19 cases in Oregon is not solely due to workplace outbreaks or large populations.

Dr. Paul Cieslac, Communicable Medical Director, said: Diseases for the Oregon Department of Health.

These activities are COVID-19’s “most efficient transmitters,” Cieslak said.

Health officials said they were particularly concerned about July 4.

Most events and fireworks have been canceled or postponed, but authorities are primarily interested in having family and friends get together at parties — keep small and local, wear masks, and keep physical distance. Encourage them to keep and wash their hands.

Cieslak had another piece of advice. If you are partying with people from multiple homes, cancel.

“We have a barbecue in the backyard with members of our family and we have a Skype call with the whole family,” Cieslak said.

Coronavirus outbreaks can be harmful if people don’t listen, officials repeatedly said.

“At this time a year ago, on July 4th and on graduation, I was able to do these activities, but in the era of COVID-19 it was not wise,” Cieslak said. “These are the types that have to drive our count-ups and rethink whether we can safely restart the state.”

⁠—AP communication

Washington companies ban unmasked customer service

Washington Governor Jay Insley will no longer accept bar seats in counties in the third phase of the state’s four-stage resumption plan starting next week on Thursday due to increased COVID-19 infection rates, covering statewide operations with facial coverage We cannot accommodate customers who are not wearing rings.

Inslee also announced that it will order a two-week statewide pause for counties wishing to move forward from the current stage of resumption.

Initially, only companies in Yakima County, one of the areas most hit by the outbreak, were responsible if they did not ban allowing customers to enter the business, or Do business with customers if not wearing indoor or outdoor public spaces. Violation is a terrible misdemeanor, and corporate violations result in fines and loss of business licenses.

Currently, that requirement applies to state-wide companies, but an Inslee spokesperson said the focus was on education and the first call for voluntary compliance.

“We know that we need to cover up so that we can fully open the economy,” said Insley.

Face mask exemptions based on the original order of the Governor issued last week remain: people with hearing impairment or hearing loss, and those with medical conditions that prevent them from wearing a mask, wear a face cover No need to, or children 5 and under. Also, people engaged in recreation alone or with a family or eating out in a restaurant do not need to wear a mask as long as they are appropriately separated from others.

The issue of obligatory masks has caused partisan disparities in some regions as COVID-19 cases have surged in some states. The GOP authorities opposed the idea that Musk was about politics.

“This virus does not distinguish between Rs and Ds,” Inslee said.

Inslee’s updated mask order builds on previous mask orders placed on and after June 8. Therefore, you had to wear a face cover unless you interact with others while you were working.

The province has recently seen a significant increase in confirmed cases, with 728 newly confirmed cases reported on Thursday, reaching 34,151 cases and at least 1,342 deaths in the entire coronavirus-positive state. I will.

Health Secretary John Weisman called the trend “extremely concerned,” and said the increase in case numbers could not be attributed solely to more tests. The numbers reflect an increase in social interactions across the state where people are not physically separated or wearing masks, he said.

“We are going in the wrong direction,” he said.

⁠—AP communication

Oregon COVID-19 cases by county

here Number of cases, Tested both positive and putative, and died as of Friday 3 July:

• Baker: 4 cases
• Benton: 91 cases, 5 deaths
• Clackamas: 795 cases, 24 deaths
• Clasop: 49 cases
• Colombia: 35
• Coos: 42 cases
• Crook: 12 cases
• Curry: 8 cases
• Deschutes: 201 cases
• Douglas: 45 cases
• Gilliam: 0
• Grants: 1
• Harney: 1 case
• Hood River: 88
• Jackson: 140 cases
• Jefferson: 131 cases
• Josephine: 44 cases, 1 death
• Klamath: 125 cases, 1 death
• Lakes: 20
• Lane: 196 cases, 3 deaths
• Lincoln: 345 cases, 2 deaths
• Phosphorus: 1546 cases, 9 deaths
• Malheur: 160 cases, 1 death
• Marion: 1,595 cases, 47 deaths
• Morrow: 82 cases, 1 death
• Martnoma: 2,361, 69 dead
• Pork: 154 cases, 12 deaths
• Sherman: 2 cases
• Tillamook: 13 cases
• Umatilla: 667 cases, 4 deaths
• Union: 355 cases, 1 death
• Wallowa: 10 cases
• Wasco: 85 cases, 1 death
• Washington: 1,491, 20 dead
• Wheeler: 0 cases
• Yamhill: 132 cases, 8 deaths

Source: Oregon Health Authority

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