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Total COVID-19 cases as of Saturday, Jan. 9:
Deschutes County cases: 4,489 (80 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 27 (3 new deaths*)
Crook County cases: 530 (18 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 8 (zero new deaths)
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Jefferson County cases: 1,592 (8 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 20 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 124,490 (1,643 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 1,603 (28 new deaths)
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8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
120
108 new cases
(Jan. 1)
110
90 new cases
100
(Nov. 27)
7 ways to help limit its spread: 1. Wash hands often with soap and water for
at least 20 seconds. 2. Avoid touching your face. 3. Avoid close contact with sick
people. 4. Stay home. 5. In public, stay 6 feet from others and wear a cloth face
covering or mask. 6. Cover a cough or sneeze with a tissue or cough into your
elbow. 7. Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
90
80
7-day
average
70
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47 new cases
50
(Nov. 14)
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31 new cases
28 new cases
(Oct. 31)
30
16 new cases
(July 16)
ONLINE
130
(Dec. 4)
(Sept. 19)
9 new cases
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129 new cases
What is COVID-19? It’s an infection caused by a new coronavirus. Coronaviruses
are a group of viruses that can cause a range of symptoms. Some usually cause
mild illness. Some, like this one, can cause more severe symptoms and can be
fatal. Symptoms include fever, coughing and shortness of breath.
*Oregon’s 1,579th COVID-19 death is an 89-year-old man who tested positive Jan. 5
and died Jan. 6. The 1,580th death is a 78-year-old man who tested positive Dec. 31
and died Jan. 5. The 1,581st death is an 80-year-old man who tested positive Dec. 28
and died Jan. 6. All died at home in Deschutes County and had underlying conditions.
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SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY,
DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES
New COVID-19 cases per day
20
(May 20)
1st case
10
(March 11)
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A group of Oregonians re-
sponsible for recommending
who should be next in line for
coronavirus inoculations spent
much of its first substantive
meeting Thursday getting their
bearings on the fundamentals
of the state’s immunization
program and outlining how
health systems have disadvan-
taged minorities.
The 27-member Vac-
cine Advisory Committee is
charged with advising the Or-
egon Health Authority on who
should get shots of the corona-
virus vaccine once health care
workers and senior care resi-
dents and staff have been vac-
cinated, with a particular focus
on ensuring historically mar-
ginalized groups get shots.
“Systems are created in a
way that they totally discon-
nect from the reality of work-
ing with people,” said commit-
tee member Marin Arreola,
principal of a group that helps
non-English speakers get ac-
cess to health care. “And for
me, it’s really important that
we deal with that trauma and
making people feel not dis-
counted but valued.”
The health authority con-
vened the group as part of its
goal of “addressing structural
racism and other forms of sys-
temic oppression” to ensure
marginalized and hard-hit
Dave Killen/The Oregonian file
Paramedics Jessica Jimerson and Amy Benson take a selfie Dec. 30 after receiving COVID-19 vaccinations at
American Medical Response headquarters in Portland.
communities are able to access
the vaccine.
Members of those commu-
nities, including Latinos, Pa-
cific Islanders, Blacks, and peo-
ple with disabilities, took turns
Thursday voicing doubts their
respective groups have about
the health care system, includ-
ing the reluctance among some
to be vaccinated.
“This community doesn’t
have trust in any system that
comes from any form of gov-
ernment,” said Musse Olol,
president of the Somali Amer-
ican Council of Oregon. “And
that’s the very reason I joined
this group.”
The committee’s three-hour
meeting did not result in any
decisions for the appropriate
vaccination order. One pro-
posed vote, whether the group
should endorse the efficacy of
coronavirus vaccines, was ta-
bled until the next meeting so
the members could learn more.
Oregon must still vaccinate
all 360,000 or so health care
workers and senior care resi-
dents and staff who are first in
line for a shot. About 65,000
Oregonians have received at
least one shot of the corona-
virus vaccine so far, state data
show.
At the governor’s request,
the state’s approximately 75,000
educators will most likely be
next, as well as prison inmates,
who will be vaccinated to stave
off a prisoner lawsuit, the Ore-
gon Health Authority’s public
health director said.
“Just wanted to be really up-
front and clear about those
decision points that have been
made,” Rachael Banks said,
tempering the committee’s ex-
pectations about the scope of
its influence.
The advisory committee
has no power to order certain
health authority decisions, but
will advise the agency on who
should get vaccinated after the
state’s priority groups.
The committee is expected
to meet at least once a week for
the next five weeks before it is-
sues recommendations.
Patrick Allen, director of the
Oregon Health Authority, said
his agency would follow the
committee’s recommendations.
“We’re going to go with your
answers because you represent
the communities most directly
impacted by the coronavirus,”
Allen said during the meeting.
Allen’s agency created the
committee to help ensure some
of the groups most in need are
not overlooked for early access
to the vaccine.
Black Oregonians, for exam-
ple, have had more than twice
as many cases per 100,000 peo-
ple as whites, according to the
health authority, and Hispanics
have had four times as many
cases per 100,000 as non-His-
panics.
STATE BRIEFING
Jackson County GOP
office vandalized
At least two people are be-
lieved to have vandalized Jack-
son County Republican Party
offices Thursday morning.
A man and a woman were
captured on surveillance video
shattering windows at the
downtown Medford office and
spray-painting anti-fascist graf-
fiti, according to party volun-
teer Joyce Michelangelo, who
called police.
Medford Police Lt. Mike
Bureau confirmed that a po-
lice report has been filed in the
vandalism.
At about 2:15 a.m. Thurs-
day, cameras captured a woman
spray-painting the words “No
Fascist Coup,” while a man
spray painted a stenciled black-
and-red logo used by people
who associate themselves with
the political movement known
as antifa, which stands for “an-
ti-fascism.” Antifa is not a singu-
lar organization, but rather a be-
lief system that opposes fascism.
The vandalism was not the
first for the office, particularly as
political tensions flared during
the Trump administration.
Vandals damaged the Jack-
son County Republican Party
offices twice in the summer of
2019, according to earlier news
reports, each costing the party
thousands of dollars.
Replacing windows after one
of the vandalism incidents cost
more than $3,300, according to
an August 2019 report.
in the newly-purchased sin-
gle-occupancy pods.
Each of the pods, or tiny
homes, is about 8 by 12 feet,
with electricity, heat systems
and a built-in bed. A common
building with a kitchen, bath-
room and other amenities will
be added to the site.
The pods had only been at the
site for about two days before
the vandal struck, Joint Office of
Homeless Services spokesman
Denis Theriault said.
The shelter was originally
expected to open at the end
of the December, but the van-
dalism and other delays have
pushed that date until Feb. 1.
Residents will be allowed
to live at the site for up to two
years while they seek more
permanent housing.
— Bulletin wire reports
Vandal damages village
designed for homeless
County officials and police
say the opening of a tiny home
village for homeless people in
North Portland has been de-
layed after a vandal destroyed
nearly every sleeping pod in
the shelter.
Officer Melissa Newhard, a
Portland Police Bureau spokes-
woman, said the vandal en-
tered the St. Johns Village on
Dec. 19 and broke out win-
dows in 15 of the shelter’s 19
tiny homes. The vandalism
caused about $8,000 damage
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