Crook County Health Authority C. Provides details on the first COVID-19 death from Oregon

The 63-year-old woman had no underlying illness, OHA said. 16 new cases reported in Central Oregon

(Update: Crook County Health Authority Provides Details)

Prineville, Oregon (KTVZ) – The first resident in central Oregon, believed to have died of COVID-19, was a 63-year-old Prineville woman who had contacted four cases confirmed in another home in California. It was in isolation. He had minimal symptoms just days before he returned home, a Crook County public health official said Thursday.

According to Vicky Ryan, an emergency preparedness coordinator at Crook County Health Department, which is classified as a putative example, the county expects the results of her test to come to Washington State University’s lab by Friday. Say.

“It was the putative COVID-19 cases that were in contact with the positive confirmed cases,” she told News Channel 21. “She was quarantined and we checked in with her yesterday. She looked fine. And yesterday we received a report from her local law enforcement agency that she had passed.”

“The woman didn’t get hospitalized because she had minimal symptoms,” Ryan said, and “we actually thought she was recovering with her symptoms. The authorities are unaware of the underlying condition, she added.

The woman contacted a Crook County official shortly after returning to Japan and was immediately quarantined. Ryan said. She contacted the doctor and the test was done in St. Charles Prineville.

“Since she was in direct contact with four confirmed cases, she was symptomatic and was therefore classified as an estimated case in Crook County,” she said.

The family owned and visited a second home in California.

“I think this may be really awakening for Crook County,” Ryan said. “At the moment, the number of cases is so small that we may have had a false sense of security.”

She said, “People need to be aware that the virus is still there-it’s still getting stronger and shows no signs of slowing down. More and more cases are starting to pop up.” Ryan said And many of them were due to “large gatherings,” “high tourist spots,” and saw licenses from eight states while in the fourth Prineville.

“Thus our community needs to protect us and our loved ones,” she says to cover her face, wash her hands frequently, use hand sanitizers, and keep her social distance. It was.

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Portland, Oregon (KTVZ)-COVID-19 claimed six lives in Oregon. This includes women in Crook County. First dead in central Oregon. The Oregon Department of Health reported Thursday.

The agency said 225 in Oregon^Th The death of COVID-19 was a 63-year-old woman in Crook County who died in her home Wednesday, having symptoms on July 1 after close contact with confirmed cases. They added that she had no underlying illness.

However, it was not the first death in Central Oregon due to COVID-19. A Newberg woman died the following day in April in St. Charles Bend. The nurse helped her celebrate her 95th birthday.. The Oregon Department of Health counts deaths from COVID-19 in the county in which it resides.

Meanwhile, health officials reported an estimated 389 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 on Thursday, with 11,188 cases and 270,887 negative test results across the state.

Sixteen of the new incidents on Thursday were in central Oregon.

The new cases are in the following counties: Benton (1), Clackamas (20), Klatsop (1), Colombia (2), Coos (4), Crook (3), Deschutes (5), Hood River (1), Jackson (7), Jefferson (8), Josephine (2), Lake (2), Lane (18), Lincoln (15), Lynn (3), Maul (31), Marion (47), Morrow (12), Martnoma (86), Pork (2), Umatilla (55), Union (4), Wallois (1), Wasco (5), Washington (46), Yamhill (8).

Deschutes County currently has 229 cases and 11,960 negative results. In Crook County, 17 cases occurred, one died and 1,148 were negative. There were 145 cases in Jefferson County and 2,195 negative test results.

The number of cases on Thursday was the highest daily number of cases since the onset of a pandemic, OHA said. The recent increase in the number of cases has been attributed to workplace outbreaks and expanding communities. The newly diagnosed case is currently undergoing an interview.

As of 8:30 am on Thursday, St. Charles Bend report Nine COVID-19 patients, one of whom was in the ICU and on a ventilator.

226 in Oregon^Th COVID-19’s death was confirmed by a 83-year-old man in Umatilla County who tested positive on July 4, the day after his death. The place of death has been confirmed. He had fundamental conditions.

Oregon’s 227^Th The death of COVID-19 was a 71-year-old man in Marion County who tested positive on June 26 and died at home on July 7. He had an underlying illness.

228 in Oregon^Th The COVID-19 deceased is a 75-year-old woman in Clackamas County who tested positive on June 10 and died at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center on July 2. She had an underlying illness.

Oregon 229^Th The death of COVID-19 is a 78-year-old woman in Clackamas County who died at home on June 18. Details are pending.

230 in Oregon^Th The death of COVID-19 was a 90-year-old man in Marion County who tested positive on May 9 and died at home on June 1. He had fundamental conditions.

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