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Oregon reports 874 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 730, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. Oregon Health Authority reported 874 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday bringing the state total to

By DICK HUGHES/Oregon Capital Bureau The envelope opener in the Clackamas County Elections Office broke on Tuesday, delaying processing of ballots. That was a fitting metaphor for Election 2020 — heck, for all of 2020, a year that seems governed by Murphy’s Law that whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. But the ballot counting proceeded in Clackamas and the other counties, and

Oregon reports 988 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 13 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed 13 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 729, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Oregon Health Authority reported 988 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday bringing the state total to

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Five Oregon counties must have a “social pause” for two weeks to fight a spike in COVID-19 infections that led to a record 805 new cases on Thursday and nearly as many Friday. “We are seeing in real time how this virus can quickly snowball out of control,” Brown said at Friday press conference.

Oregon reports 805 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 710, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Oregon Health Authority reported 805 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday bringing the state total to