COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | LORANE COUNTRY NEWS from A1 Risk Contributed by Lil Thompson for The Sentinel • Lorane Grange meets next Thursday, May 6, at 7 p.m. A date will be set for Lorane Grange Cemetery clean-up day. Men will be serving at the meeting in honor of Mother’s Day. With the new protocols set by our governor, they may not schedule a bingo night for May. • Everything seems to be going well in the district schools. The Crow Middle/ High School principal says the students are doing well observing the COVID protocols. He asks parents and students alike to please continue with masks and distancing so everyone can stay in school. • Only a little over a month until our high school seniors graduate. • The construction on Stoney Point is going well. Please remember to SLOW DOWN and be careful driving in the area. Watch for flaggers. • Also, be careful everywhere else as roads are wet and can be slick. improve their COVID-19 metrics will have the opportunity to move to a low- er risk level. Counties will remain in extreme risk for a maximum of three weeks. “The fastest way to lift health and safety restrictions is for Oregonians to get vaccinated as quickly as possible and follow the safety measures we know stop this virus from spreading,” Brown said. “I recognize the burden these re- strictions place on Oregon businesses and working families. My goal is to lift these restrictions as soon as it is safely possible, and keep Oregon on the path for lifting most health and safety re- quirements by the end of June so we can fully reopen our economy. But we will only get there if enough Oregonians get vaccinated. There are appointments available right now all across the state.” $20 million for immediate aid to businesses in Extreme Risk counties Brown is partnering with legislators on the $20 million emergency relief package to provide immediate aid to impacted businesses in extreme risk counties through the state’s commercial rent relief program. In addition, the governor announced that outdoor capacity limits for bars, restaurants, and other sectors will be raised from 50 to 100 people in extreme risk counties, with health and safety measures, including physical distanc- ing, in place. She added, “We know that the risk of COVID-19 transmission is lower out- doors. I am urging all Oregonians, if you choose to gather with others, keep it outdoors. Indoor transmission is a key driver in the COVID-19 surge that is making renewed health and safety re- strictions necessary.” The Oregon Health Authority will also be working to align Oregon’s out- door mask guidance with the CDC guidance announced today. Three-week limit placed on ‘Extreme Risk’ level Under the Risk Level framework, counties move to (or remain in) ex- treme risk when they meet the county APRIL 29, 2021 | 5A metrics for case rates and percent posi- tivity, and Oregon meets statewide hos- pitalization metrics: COVID-19 pos- itive patients occupying 300 hospital beds or more, and a 15 percent increase in the seven-day hospitalization average over the past week. Counties will stay in extreme risk for a maximum of three weeks, and will be able to move to a lower risk level sooner if their COVID-19 case rates are brought down in the intervening weeks, or if Oregon moves below 300 statewide hospitalizations or the seven-day hospi- talization average percent increase goes below 15 percent. The governor has also worked in partnership with Portland metro-ar- ea hospitals to ensure systems are in place to closely monitor and manage hospital capacity. Health systems in the Portland area are using the coordinated system developed at the beginning of the pandemic to manage hospital surge capacity, bed space, essential services, and non-urgent procedures as needed over the next three weeks in order to preserve hospital beds and critical care capacity. 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