PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A record 126 people died in 2020 while experiencing homelessness in Oregon's most populous county, officials said Wednesday. None of the deaths in Multnomah County, which includes Portland, were attributed to COVID-19.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A record 126 people died in 2020 while experiencing homelessness in Oregon's most populous county, officials said Wednesday. None of the deaths in Multnomah County, which includes Portland, were attributed to COVID-19.
At least 126 people who died in Multnomah County in 2020 were homeless at the time of their death. On Wednesday, the county released its annual "Domicile Unknown" report on the number of unhoused residents who died in 2020—identified by the phrase "domicile unknown" on their death certificate. The 2020 total is the highest number the county's seen since it began collecting this data in 2011. However, the report notes, the percent of people homeless.