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November 4, 2020
Page 7
Second Wave of COVID-19 Declared
Governor extends state of emergency until Jan. 2
(AP) — Gov. Kate Brown has
extended Oregon’s declaration of
a state of emergency until Jan. 2
as COVID-19 cases in the state
continue to rise.
On Monday, The Oregon
Health Authority updated the
state’s death toll to 701 and total
number of cases to 46,460 after
495 new confirmed/presumptive
cases were reported.
“Extending the COVID-19
state of emergency is not some-
thing I do lightly, but we know
all too well that not taking action
would mean an even greater loss
of life,” Brown said. “The second
wave of COVID-19 has arrived in
the United States, and this time it
is hitting all of our communities.”
The latest declaration made
last week is the legal underpin-
ning for the executive orders the
governor has issued, including
her orders surrounding reopen-
ing Oregon, childcare, schools
and higher education operations.
Extending the state of emergency
declaration allows those orders to
stay in effect.
The governor reviews and re-
evaluates each of her emergency
orders every 60 days, to deter-
mine whether those orders should
be continued, modified, or re-
scinded.
“My goal is to keep Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has extended Oregon’s declaration of a state of
emergency until Jan. 2 as COVID-19 cases in the state continue to
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rise.