OIOpublisher COVID-19 Corrections – from Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Director and COVID-19 Incident Commander Just to clear things up due to the Oregon Health Authority COVID errors (in the daily…
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Tillamook County Reports ONE New Case, Total Cases at 29; OHA Weekly Testing Summary Data; How to Stay Safe at Work
EDITOR’S NOTE: Oregon Health Authority reported 2 new cases in Tillamook County on Monday August 3rd. The Pioneer verifies cases/information with Tillamook County’s COVID-19 Incident Commander Gordon McCraw, and he indicated…
Tillamook County adds 4 new cases, total cases at 28; Oregon reports 285 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death
Tillamook County’s case count jumped by 4 cases on Sunday August 2nd, according to the Oregon Health Authority’s daily press release. There have been over 2,000 negative tests conducted in Tillamook County….
County Status Changes for Morrow, Umatilla Counties; Oregon reports 330 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths
PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 325, the Oregon Health Authority reported August 1st. Oregon Health Authority reported 330 new confirmed…
OHA investigating 76 cases of Salmonella linked to red onions
PORTLAND, Ore. — State health officials are warning people not to eat onions from Thomson International, Inc., of Bakersfield, California, after 76 people in 13 Oregon counties fell ill with matching strains…
Governor announces updates to County Watch List; Lincoln County removed from list
Governor Kate Brown today announced that two counties — Lincoln and Union — have succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19 enough to be removed from the County Watch List. Meanwhile, three…
Fact check: Hydroxychloroquine is not a treatment for COVID-19
We’re hearing questions about whether there’s evidence for using hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19. According to Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: “Early questions…
OHA reports highest number of deaths to COVID-19; Tillamook County remains at 24 cases, no deaths
A message of condolence from OHA Director Pat Allen “As we surpass 300 deaths related to COVID-19, including the 14 deaths reported today, I wish to extend sincere condolences on behalf of everyone…
COVID weekly testing summary shows declining positive rate
According to OHA’s Weekly Testing Summary, 38,179 COVID-19 test results were reported last week, of which 4.8 percent were positive. This represents the first weekly decline in percent positivity since it began…
Oregon reports 277 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths; Tillamook County case count at 24
PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 289, the Oregon Health Authority reported at Sunday, July 26th. Oregon Health Authority reported 277…