COVID-19 claims 2 more lives, including Jefferson County man, 64 - KTVZ

PORTLAND, Ore.  (KTVZ) — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, including a 64-year-old Jefferson County man, raising the state’s death toll to 499, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.

Oregon Health Authority reported 215 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m.

The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported Friday are in the following counties: Baker (2), Benton (6), Clackamas (14), Columbia (1), Coos (2), Curry (1), Deschutes (3), Douglas (1), Jackson (7), Jefferson (3), Klamath (1), Lane (8), Linn (3), Malheur (27), Marion (36), Morrow (2), Multnomah (59), Polk (5), Umatilla (9), Union (2), Wasco (2), Washington (17), and Yamhill (4).

Crook County has had 59 COVID-19 cases, one death and 2,375 negative test results.

Jefferson County has had 482 cases, eight deaths and 4,380 negative test results.

Oregon’s 498th COVID-19 death is a 64-year-old man in Jefferson County who tested positive on Aug.

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