Epidemiologist. I will keep my remarks brief this morning. When we began reopening nearly a month ago, i was clear that covid19 cases, our count would rise. Unfortunate, we are seeing that happen in several parts of the state, in rural and urban oregon. As i said before, reopening comes with real risk, and thats why we are carefully monitoring the ability of the Public Health system to respond to covid19 cases without becoming overwhelmed. The noticeable increase in covid19 infections in oregon the past week is certainly cause for concern. To slow the transmission of the virus, i am putting all pending county reopening applications on hold for seven days. This is essentially a statewide yellow light. This oneweek pause will give Public Health experts time to assess what factors are driving the spread of the virus and determine if we need to adjust our approach to reopening. I will continue to work with doctors and Public Health experts to assess whether to lift the pause, extend the pa
A key figure from the arrival of ministration makes a surprise appearance in moscow. And marching to the beat of a different drum india defies its growing coronavirus told to reopen shops and places of worship. Center 2 weeks after 46 year old black man george floyd died under the knee of a Police Officer sparking a global wave of protest the accused killer has faced court there it show been has been charged with 2nd and 3rd degree murder as well as 2nd degree manslaughter he appeared by video link in a Minneapolis Court as the charges were read thousands of people queued to pay their respects to george fords body in his home city of houston his funeral will be held there on tuesday and as the protests grow theyre trying to defund the police has become louder counselors in minneapolis have already committed to dismantling the department or new york and los angeles ive also vowed changes to funding john hendren is live from houston and john has been moving a scene there tell us a bit mo
Departments especially in the counties experiencing the highest growth. Lee, mecklenburg and weick are our particular concern. D over the weekend i talked to Vice President depends about North Carolinas concern in numbers and i asked him in the federal government to help us with increasing our testing sites and his capabilities, especially focused on these counties. Another focus will be testing all nursing home residents and staff and this testing is ongoing. I now will ask our secretary of health and Human Services doctor mandy to share an update for us. Doctor cohen. Thank you, governor. Slowing the spread of the virus early on has allowed us to build our capabilities to be ready to respond to this surgeon covid19 cases that we are seeing. That included building up our inpplies of protective equipment, strengthening and expanding our hospital capacities, expanding our ability to test people for covid19 and staffing up our Contact Tracing. We are now drawing on these capabilities as
Everyone and thank you for joining us today. I want to acknowledge that we typically have simultaneous spanish interpretation for us during our press conferences. We were not able to secure services this morning but we will provide translation online. Allen,e with pat director of the Oregon Health authority and our state epidemiologist. I will keep my remarks brief this morning. When we began reopening nearly a month ago, i was clear that covid19 cases, our count would rise. Unfortunate, we are seeing that happen in several parts of the state, in rural and urban oregon. As i said before, reopening comes with real risk, and thats why we are carefully monitoring the ability of the Public Health system to respond to covid19 cases without becoming overwhelmed. The noticeable increase in covid19 infections in oregon the past week is certainly cause for concern. To slow the transmission of the virus, i am putting all pending county reopening applications on hold for seven days. This is essen
Are lower than others, you can see that overall cases continue to go up and down in a similar rate as in midmarch when the shelterinplace order began. Of the six counties, the latest numbers show Alameda County currently has the highest number of positive cases with 3,049. Marin county currently has the lowest case with positive 420. In both county, the demographics of who is testing positive is strikingly similar. According to public data, in Alameda County, there were more male cases than female. The largest number of cases were between the ages of 18 and 30, and the largest racial group by far is latino. In marin county, public data also shows more male cases than female. The largest number of cases between the age of 35 and 49. And again, the largest racial group, latino. In fact, latinos make up 52 of marin county cases, despite making up just 16 of the countys population. But its not just about the number of cases in the county. The case rate, which shows cases per capita, is als