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Medical staff deployed to support Oregon health care facilities facing surge of COVID-19 patients Oregon has finalized contracts with medical staffing companies to deploy much needed health care personnel in support of health care facilities managing the ongoing surge of COVID-19 patients. “The deployment of crisis response teams should provide some welcome relief to our hospitals, particularly in Central and

Oregon reports 2,804 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 30 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 30 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,066, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Oregon Health Authority reported 2,804 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, bringing the state total

By GARY WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown has expanded a mandatory mask order to include large, public outdoor gatherings as well as indoor gatherings. The new rule will go into effect Friday and includes everyone aged 5 and over regardless of whether or not they are vaccinated. Brown also is recommending outdoor masks for private gatherings, but they are

By GARY WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The beginning of a new week brought a torrent of bad numbers that measure the skyrocketing spike in COVID-19 cases in Oregon. Oregon’s hospitals continue to head toward unknown medical territory as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients hit 937 in a report Monday, 37 more than Sunday. There 253 COVID-19 patients in intensive care