Chris Martin died of COVID-19 in December, a record month for Oregon. Here’s his story
Updated Jan 09, 2021;
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Chris Martin, an artist, athlete and acolyte for decades at his Portland-area church, died in early December after succumbing to COVID-19 related complications. He was 68.
Martin’s was one of at least 472 lives cut short last month due to COVID-19, far and away a record in the state thus far. Nearly as many Oregonians died in December as in the first six months of the pandemic combined.
The incredible losses come as the state and nation continue to break monthly death records and as vaccines developed to fight the virus are rolling out in fits and starts.