OREGON
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021
THE OBSERVER — 7A
COVID-19
Litt le change in risk levels
By GARY A. WARNER
Oregon Capital Bureau
COUNTY RISK CATEGORIES
SALEM — Most Orego-
nians will see no change this
week to local COVID-19 risk
level restrictions as 30 coun-
ties retained their current
tiers, Gov. Kate Brown said
Tuesday, June 8.
But if about 100,000 more
residents get vaccinated, the
whole system of do’s and
don’ts would go away.
“If you have been waiting
to get vaccinated, go get
your shot today,” Brown
said. “It’s never been easier
to get an appointment.”
The new weekly
COVID-19 risk rankings
released showed fi ve coun-
ties moving down a level,
with just one rising.
Lane, Coos and Wasco
counties dropped to lower
risk, the least restrictive cate-
gory. Yamhill and Josephine
counties will drop to mod-
erate level.
The changes in the fi ve
counties went into eff ect
June 9, sooner than in
some previous risk level
announcements in prior
weeks.
Harney was the only
county to move into a more
restrictive level. It will be at
moderate risk eff ective June
11.
All other counties remain
at their current levels until
at least June 17. There will
be 21 counties at the lower
risk level, four at moderate
risk, and 11 at the high risk
level. The higher the risk
level, the more restrictions
meant to limit the spread of
COVID-19.
Brown has shifted the
emphasis on risk level
assignments to include how
well a county is doing in
Eff ective through June 17
Lower Risk (21)
Baker
Benton
Clatsop
Coos (Moved from Moderate)
Curry
Deschutes
Gilliam
Grant
Hood River
Lake
Lane (Moved from Moderate)
Lincoln
Morrow
Multnomah
Sherman
Tillamook
Union
Wallowa
vaccinating residents.
Counties that can show
they had administered at
least one shot to 65% of eli-
gible adult residents are
allowed to drop to the lower
risk level regardless of infec-
tion rates in their county.
Most Oregon residents
have been inoculated with
the Pfi zer or Moderna vac-
cines, which are adminis-
tered in two shots separated
by about one month. Those
receiving the Johnson &
Johnson vaccine receive just
one shot.
Deschutes, Multnomah,
Washington, Benton, Lin-
coln and Hood River have all
surpassed the 65% threshold.
Lane County is at 64%.
Clackamas, Polk, Tillamook
and Clatsop are above 60%.
The four lowest county
vaccination rates are Lake,
Malheur, Umatilla and Gil-
liam, with each having
administered one shot to
39% or less of residents.
Union County’s vaccina-
tion rate is just 43%, while
Wallowa County is 54.7%,
Wasco (Moved from Moderate)
Washington
Wheeler
Moderate Risk (4)
Harney (Moved from Lower)
Josephine (Moved from High)
Polk
Yamhill (Moved from High)
High Risk (11)
Clackamas
Columbia
Crook
Douglas
Jackson
Jeff erson
Klamath
Linn
Malheur
Marion
Umatilla
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according to the Oregon
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Brown has said when
70% of all eligible state res-
idents have at least one shot
of vaccine, she’ll lift nearly
all restrictions on busi-
nesses, schools, events and
restaurants.
Late June 8, Brown
touted that 67.1% of eli-
gible adult Oregonians had
received at least a shot.
“We need 97,168 more
people to get their shot,” she
wrote on Twitter. Like many
states, Oregon is off ering
prizes for those inoculated.
One person will receive $1
million, while one person
in each of the 36 counties
will get $10,000. The state is
also off ering fi ve $100,000
Oregon College Savings Plan
scholarships to vaccinated
youths.
The drawing will take
place June 28, with winners
announced the following
week. Anyone in the state’s
vaccination registration
system by midnight June 27
is eligible.
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