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Oregon reports 2,387 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 9 new deaths PORTLAND — There are nine new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,928, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Oregon Health Authority reported 2,387 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday, which is a record

By GARY WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday ordered a return to a state requirement that face masks be worn indoors in public places, beginning Friday. Oregon will become the third state, along with Hawaii and Louisiana, with a statewide mask mandate. Brown said the highly contagious delta variant was pushing the coronavirus spread to the point that each

Oregon reports 1,991 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths PORTLAND — There are eight new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,920, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Oregon Health Authority reported 1,991 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the state total

PORTLAND — There are nine new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,912, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Oregon Health Authority reported 2,329 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, bringing the state total to 232,436. The 2,329 cases reported today includes new cases that were

By GARY WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The COVID-19 delta variant is spreading so fast that it will hit most of the state’s unvaccinated population before the six weeks needed to be fully immunized if they were inoculated now. “We are looking at a giant wave that is all taking place over the next four weeks,” said Peter Graven, a top data

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Eleven state lawmakers on Thursday will begin a politically Herculean task with historically small odds of success: Draw 96 new political districts in 46 days that will be used beginning with the 2022 election. The six Democrats and five Republicans on the House and Senate redistricting committees are set to receive block-by-block U.S. Census