Oregon sets record with 54 coronavirus deaths

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon announced Tuesday a record high of 54 coronavirus deaths, bringing the state’s death toll to 1,214 people.

The Oregon Health Authority also recorded 1,129 new confirmed or presumptive COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total to 96,092.

State health officials said a surge of cases in November contributed to the high number of deaths reported Tuesday because of delays tallying death certificates in some cases.

The grim news comes as Oregon hospitals prepare to administer the first COVID-19 vaccines to health care workers.

Legacy Health and Oregon Health & Science University in Portland and Saint Alphonsus Hospital in Ontario are among those that will begin vaccinating staff at their facilities Wednesday, according to Gov. Kate Brown’s office.

Oregon sets record with 54 coronavirus deaths

Expect traffic delays along OR 217 at Hall Boulevard in Beaverton and at Greenburg Road in Tigard during the week after Labor Day, state officials say

Gov. Kotek and First Lady Aimee Wilson visited communities in Jefferson, Crook and Deschutes counties on stops 24, 25, and 26 of the One Oregon Listening Tour

Gov. Kotek announced that she is accepting applications for a judicial vacancy on the Washington County Circuit Court created by the planned retirement of Judge Roberts

Gov. Kotek visited communities in Grant and Harney counties on stops 19 and 20 of the One Oregon Listening Tour

Man will spend the rest of his days in prison after he sought a hitman because his landlord was trying to evict him, then threatened the would-be hitman with toorture if the act wasn’t completed!

Man, who got very drunk and called 911 to repeatedly scream and claim he was attacked by bears, really wanted to get out of the woods but didn’t want to do it by himself!

Boyfriend was given 10 life sentences after he used girlfriend’s 7-year-old son, who is non-verbal and has a feeding tube placed in his stomach, his girlfriend’s daughter, beginning when she was under 12, and the family’s cat to make indcent videos!

Father, who thought about harming his baby since the day he brought him home from the NICU, left the 2-month-old child with bruises from head to toe and bleeding in the brain because the infant was crying and ‘he got this when he hurt him’!

Ex-dentist, who performed procedure on 4-year-old girl which left her permanently brain damaged, blind, mute and in a wheelchair with 24-7 care because she can’t walk or eat, was sentenced to probation!

Aunt, who drank alcohol for most of the day, stabbed her 1-year-old baby niece in the neck after she tried to stab her dog because it stole the sandwich she just bought!

Oregon sets record with 54 coronavirus deaths

Related Posts