THURSDAY UPDATE: Oregon records 2 more COVID-19 deaths, toll reaches 21; 90 more cases

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The COVID-19 virus has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 21, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.

OHA also reported 90 new cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. Thursday, bringing the statewide case total to 826.

The new COVID-19 cases reported Thursday are in the following counties: Benton (2), Clackamas (5), Deschutes (5, for a total of 32), Hood River (1), Jackson (5), Josephine (2), Klamath (3), Lane (3), Lincoln (1), Marion (13), Union (2), Multnomah (26), Washington (22), and Yamhill (1).

The Oregon Health Authority reports new cases once a day on its website: www.healthoregon.org/coronavirus.

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