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We ll update this story throughout the day with the latest news about coronavirus and its effects in Oregon on Wednesday, May 19.
Cases declined last week, but hospitalizations and deaths rose
COVID-19 cases declined last week, but hospitalizations and deaths increased, the Oregon Health Authority’s weekly COVID-19 report shows.
OHA reported 4,108 new cases of COVID-19 between May 10 and May 16. That’s a 16% decrease from the previous week and the third consecutive week that cases have fallen.
New COVID-19 related hospitalizations also rose to 265, up from 245 last week.
COVID-19 related deaths rose from 31 to 57, the highest weekly death toll in 10 weeks.
Oregon reports 7 more COVID-19 related deaths, 2 in Deschutes County; 394 new cases
(Update: With weekly report)
Woman, 83, died at St. Charles Bend; man, 67, died at home; weekly cases fall, most deaths in 2 months
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) There are seven new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, two in Deschutes County, raising the state’s death toll to 2,601, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
The recent deaths of an 83-year-old woman and 67-year-old man bring Deschutes County s number of COVID-19 related deaths to 77.
OHA also reported 394 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the state total to 196,787.
Massive police response at Legacy Emanuel hospital on report of ‘gang fight’ after shooting victims arrive
Updated May 18, 2021;
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By The Oregonian/OregonLive
Police officers from across the city raced to a North Portland hospital late Monday night after a shooting elsewhere sent four victims there and a large, volatile crowd followed.
The shooting occurred after a group of people who had attended a funeral for a recent shooting victim met up at a McDonald’s restaurant on Swan Island, according to police.
The shooting was reported at 9:47 p.m. in the 3100 block of North Going St. Ten minutes later, the first of four victims arrived at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center by private car, and within minutes, three more victims came into the emergency department and a large crowd started to gather, police said.
Police: 4 shot in incident on Portland’s Swan Island
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Police say four people were shot in an incident on Swan Island in Portland on Monday night.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the four people arrived at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center around 10 p.m.
The Portland Police Bureau says the shooting happened after a group of people who had gone to a funeral for a recent shooting victim met at a McDonald’s restaurant. Police say all four victims are expected to survive.
Police were then sent to the hospital after a group congregated outside. The bureau later said the “large crowd and emotional response to the shooting created a need for an increased response to restore order.”
Portland man shoves woman into traffic, sets pole on fire and brawls with officers on Hawthorne Boulevard, authorities say
Updated 8:54 AM;
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A 39-year-old Portland man is facing 12 criminal charges after he reportedly pushed a woman into traffic near Southeast Hawthorne and Cesar E. Chavez boulevards, set a power pole on fire and brawled with officers responding to the scene, police say.
Kenneth Church was arrested Thursday afternoon. He’s accused of and assault, reckless endangering, criminal mischief and three counts of attempted assault on a police officer, among other charges.
Police responded to the intersection at about 3:15 p.m., more than 20 minutes after a call came in about the incident.