Douglas County Update for Friday April 3rd

Douglas County coronavirus numbers continue to look good. No new cases for Douglas County again today. Here is a breakdown of today’s coronavirus numbers locally, in the state of Oregon and nationally. Douglas County Today Total cases - 10 (0 new) Total recovered - 1 Total deaths - 0 Oregon Today Total cases - 899 (73 new) Total deaths - 22 (1 new) United States Today Total cases - 276,965 (32,088 new) Total deaths - 7,391 (1,320 new) Total recovered - 1,283 New York Today Total cases - 103,060 (10,317 new) Total deaths - 2,935 (462 new) Masks The White House and the CDC are now recommending that people wear homemade masks out in public to help prevent the spread of virus. Here is an article about how to make a mask blue shop towels that work surprisingly well! https://www.businessinsider.com/homemade-mask-using-hydro-knit-shop-towel-filters-better-2020-4 Here’s a video on how to make that mask with readily available supplies https://youtu.be/edQAHCRTIVQ We will also have more information soon about how you can get ahold of a homemade mask locally while supporting local efforts to keep our medical providers stocked with masks as well!