Douglas County Adds 3 New Covid-19 Cases Thursday

The Douglas County COVID-19 Response Team announced Thursday that there are 3 new Covid-19 cases discovered in the area. This comes amidst a sizable increase in cases across the state of Oregon over the past two weeks. Oregon Update as of Wednesday June 17 COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 183, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today. Oregon Health Authority reported 122 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today bringing the state total to 6,218. The new cases reported today are in the following counties: Benton (3), Clackamas (17), Deschutes (2), Jackson (2) Josephine (2), Klamath (3), Lake (1), Lincoln (3), Marion (17), Morrow (1), Multnomah (34), Polk (1), Umatilla (12), Union (2), Washington (22). Oregon’s 183rd COVID-19 death is a 95-year-old woman in Clackamas County, who tested positive on June 4 and died on June 11. Her place of death is being confirmed. She had underlying medical conditions.