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By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News service CORVALLIS – Oregon State University’s fifth round of door-to-door sampling throughout the Corvallis community by TRACE-COVID-19 field workers on Sept. 26 and 27 suggested three people per 1,000 in the community — or 0.3 percent — carried the novel coronavirus on those days. “It is encouraging that the prevalence of the virus in Corvallis remains

Oregon expands COVID-19 testing Today, Oregon Health Authority announced an expansion of COVID-19 testing in Oregon. Starting this week, Oregon will receive between 60,000 and 80,000 Abbott BinaxNOW rapid point-of-care antigen tests per week through the end of the year. The new tests will nearly double Oregon’s testing capacity, which will help identify more people who are infected with COVID-19.

By SUZANNE ROIG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon will receive up to 80,000 rapid COVID-19 tests per week from the federal government, doubling its testing abilities and allowing people who don’t show any symptoms of the virus to be tested, Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday.  The first communities to receive these antigen tests, which will produce results in 15 minutes, will be

Oregon reports 288 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, no new deaths PORTLAND — The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from yesterday and remains at 572, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Oregon Health Authority reported 288 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Monday bringing the state total to 35,049.

Oregon reports 260 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 572, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. Oregon Health Authority reported 260 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday bringing the state total to 34,770. The

Oregon reports 360 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths COVID-19 has claimed eight more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 571, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Oregon Health Authority reported 360 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday bringing the state total to 34,511. The

Oregon reports 363 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 560, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Oregon Health Authority reported 363 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday, bringing the state total to