No New Cases in Douglas County on Wednesday May 13

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 and as of 12:00 pm today, there NO new cases of COVID-19 in Douglas County. There has only been one positive case reported in the last 23 days, and that case was reported as recovered before their test results were returned. Testing continues, as DPHN has been holding 2-3 clinics a week and hospitals, urgent cares and clinics continue to test. Twenty-four people have tested positive in the county and twenty-two of those twenty-four have recovered. DPHN defines recovery as an end to all symptoms after a positive test for COVID-19. COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 134, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 8 a.m. today. Oregon Health Authority reported 55 new confirmed cases and four new presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 3,416. The new confirmed and presumptive cases reported today are in the following counties: Clatsop (3), Columbia (1), Coos (1), Hood River (1), Linn (1), Malheur (1), Marion (23), Multnomah (13), Polk (1), Umatilla (1), Washington (13). Note: During routine data reconciliation, a presumptive case originally reported as a Deschutes County case was later determined not to be a case. It was subtracted from Tuesday’s state total, and the number of cases in Deschutes County was reduced by one to reflect this change. To see more case and county level data, please visit the Oregon Health Authority website, which OHA updates once a day: www.healthoregon.org/coronavirus. Oregon’s 131st COVID-19 death is a 91-year-old man in Polk County, who tested positive on May 2 and died May 8 at Salem Hospital. He had underlying medical conditions. Oregon’s 132nd COVID-19 death is a 100-year-old woman in Polk County, who tested positive on May 2 and died May 11 in her residence. She had underlying medical conditions. Oregon’s 133rd COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old woman in Polk County, who tested positive on May 1 and died May 12 at Salem Hospital. She had underlying medical conditions. Oregon’s 134th COVID-19 death is a 91-year-old woman in Washington County, who tested positive on May 11 and died May 12 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center. She had underlying medical conditions. Oregon Gov Kate Brown is going to hold a news conference Thursday morning at 10am to announce which counties will be cleared to reopen on Friday. https://roseburg.jointracker.com/posts/5ebc95bd78acd800043caabf Message from our Douglas County Covid Response Team - "As the Douglas County Board of Commissioners and our Douglas County Public Health Officer, Dr. Bob Dannenhoffer anxiously await a response from the Governor’s office about our Phase One Reopening Application, we would like to remind citizens that while here in Douglas County it might seem like all the restrictions and closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic were all overkill measures, the truth is they were not. The number one objective here in Douglas County for our Douglas County COVID-19 Response Team was to minimize loss of life. A goal we continue to make our highest priority. We know that all the safety measures, closures and plans put into place have helped to save thousands of lives. We have an amazing health care system in the United States, and yet, there are locations in the US that have been hit hard by the virus. We were very fortunate that we took action quickly and put preventive measures in place. It only takes a moment to look at the statistics in other parts of the world where serious outbreaks and mortality rates have caused unprecedented devastation in both developed and underdeveloped nations like Italy, Germany and China to see what this virus would have caused if we did not have the health care system we do, or had not taken swift action to protect our citizens. As the old adage goes, “It’s better to be safe, than sorry.”