MALHEUR COUNTY
COVID-19 cases in Malheur County are low enough now that as of Friday, the county will go into the lowest risk category of four risk levels, ranging from âextreme riskâ to âlower risk,â as established by Gov. Kate Brown. This also moves the county out of a two-week caution period.
Malheur County has been in the âmoderate riskâ level since Feb. 26. Prior to that, the county had been in âextreme riskâ restrictions since Nov. 18, 2020; that was meant to be a two-week âpause,â however, Brown extended it indefinitely on Dec. 3.
Moving up and down in categories is based on new case counts and test positivity rate. For Malheur County, from March 21 to April 3, there were 15 new cases, and a 2.9% test positivity rate, according to data from the Oregon Health Authority.