LOCAL CORONAVIRUS WEEKEND UPDATE: 2 New Cases In Central Oregon, 13 Total Deaths Statewide

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The COVID-19 virus has claimed another life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 13, the Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday.
OHA also reported 65 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 479, as of 8 a.m. Saturday. The new COVID-19 cases are in the following counties: Benton (3), Clackamas (5), Clatsop (1), Deschutes (2, for a total of 20), Jackson (2), Josephine (1), Linn (4), Marion (11), Multnomah (14), Polk (1), Umatilla (1), Washington (18), Yamhill (2).

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

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