Benton County was scheduled to increase to extreme COVID transmission risk this week for the first time since March, but a last-minute reversal by Gov. Kate Brown means it will no longer have the added restrictions that a higher designation brings.
The announcement also means that Linn County, which was returned to the extreme risk category last week, will be lowered back down to high risk this Friday.
Explaining her decision, Brown said that hospitalizations in Oregon were leveling off and therefore counties that were set to increase no longer need to, and those that already increased will drop back down.
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