Lincoln County Public Health on Sunday announced that a ninth county resident has tested positive for COVID-19, the first such case in eight days.

The county said the person is in their 40s and has not had contact with a person confirmed to have COVID-19, so the case is considered “community acquired.” The person is not hospitalized and is self-isolating according to public health guidelines.

The Lincoln County case was one of 43 new COVID-19 cases announced Sunday by the Oregon Health Authority, bringing the total since March to 3,937. There was another death announced Sunday, a 93-year-old Clackamas County woman who died May 10 at home. There have been 148 deaths total in Oregon.

Lincoln County, population 50,000, has once of the lowest rates of positive COVID-19 rates in Oregon – one of 13 counties with nine or fewer confirmed cases. As of Sunday, there have been 1,284 coronavirus tests conducted in the county by the OHA or Samaritan Health Services.

The other cases involving Lincoln County residents are:

A person in their 60s who had contact with someone confirmed to have COVID-19 and is isolating themselves.
A person in their 60s who did not have any known contact with a person confirmed to have COVID-19.
A person in their 80s who tested positive before an outpatient procedure.
A person in their 60s who also acquired the coronavirus in the community.
A person in their 30s who had no known contact with a confirmed case.
A person over 80 who had contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
A person in their 20s who had contact with someone outside the county confirmed to have the coronavirus and then tested positive.
A Lincoln County resident who contracted COVID-19 while out of the county and was treated outside the county.