Coronavirus in Oregon: 830 new cases, 8 deaths as hospitalizations near cutoff for ‘extreme risk’ restrictions
Updated 3:00 PM;
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The case growth comes as no surprise, with warnings of consequences growing in tandem with ever-increasing daily case and hospitalizations counts. Friday’s new case total of 1,020 was the highest recorded in more than three months.
Hospitalizations are among the primary measures Gov. Kate Brown is using to decide whether to shut down indoor dining in some particularly hard-hit counties. Saturday’s total of 295 coronavirus patients occupying hospital beds falls five short of Brown’s cutoff for moving what appears to be a dozen counties into the “extreme risk” category.