Crook County Cases Linked To Social Gatherings
As Crook and Deschutes counties move back to Extreme-Risk Category today for at least one week, health officials say the increase in Crook County has been identified mostly to local social gatherings. There have been very few workplace outbreaks or travel related cases. The restrictions will remain in place for at least one week, at which time the data will be reevaluated and if necessary, remain at this level for up to a maximum of 3 weeks.
Since the end of February, cases have continued to go up with the total number of cases the week of April 18th – 24th being 66. This is the second highest number of cases in Crook County since the beginning of the pandemic. This risk level change comes with the existing guidance for Extreme Risk with one exception – restaurants, bars and outside venues may now have up to 100 people instead of the previous maximum of 50. OHA COVID-19 website.
Updated: 2:53 PM PDT April 27, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported 740 new positive and presumptive positive COVID-19 cases and two more deaths in its daily report on Tuesday.
The new cases bring the state’s total number of reported infections to 182,040 since the beginning of the pandemic. The death toll has risen to 2,488.
Cases and deaths
The reported cases were found in the following counties:
Baker (5), Benton (16), Clackamas (64), Clatsop (8), Columbia (10), Coos (6), Crook (9), Curry (4), Deschutes (80), Douglas (15), Grant (7), Harney (5), Hood River (1), Jackson (29), Jefferson (3), Josephine (8), Klamath (45), Lake (4), Lane (67), Lincoln (3), Linn (23), Malheur (8), Marion (48), Multnomah (116), Polk (8), Tillamook (2), Umatilla (15), Wallowa (2), Wasco (4), Washington (114) and Yamhill (11)
OHA reported the following about the two deaths:
Crook County Indoor Dining Back Friday
Crook County businesses that were forced to close because of state COVID restrictions will be allowed to reopen Friday with limitations. The Crook County Health Department announced the county is moving from the Extreme Risk Category to the High Risk Category on Friday February 26
th for the next 2 week cycle. The next 2 week cycle spans from 12:01 AM Friday February 26
th to Midnight Thursday March 11
th.
The total number of cases counted for this next 2-week cycle is 46, which allows Crook County to move out of the Extreme Risk Category into High. This change allows businesses to move to that next step of reopening. The Oregon Health Authority and the Governor’s office will continue to monitor the case counts in order to determine risk levels for future 2 week cycles.
Mid-Willamette Valley business owners said theyâre frustrated by the stateâs COVID-19 restrictions, calling them arbitrary, too strict, confusing and at times contradictory.
Restaurants in downtown Albany could reopen at 25% capacity or a 50-person limit, whichever is smaller, starting on Friday, but North Albany eateries a mile away in the same city had to remain closed for indoor dining. Thatâs because downtown Albany is in Linn County, which dropped to the stateâs high risk category for the first time since November, while Benton County stayed at extreme risk.
âEverybody knows that the Willamette River stops the coronavirus,â quipped Kevin Fujikawa, the owner of Frankieâs Restaurant in North Albany.
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