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DESCHUTES COUNTY
COVID-19 data for Saturday, March 6:
Deschutes County cases: 6,027 (11 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 65 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 781 (zero new cases)
Crook County deaths: 18 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 1,976 (1 new case)
Jefferson County deaths: 30 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 157,079 (202 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,296 (3 new deaths)
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GRAPHIC
129 new cases
130
(Dec. 4)
What is COVID-19? It’s an infection caused by a new coronavirus. Coronavi-
ruses 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.
108 new cases
120
(Jan. 1)
90
new
cases
110
*No data
available on
Jan. 31
due to state
computer
maintenence
(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.
100
90
80
70
60
47 new cases
50
(Nov. 14)
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28 new cases
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ONLINE
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31 new cases
(Oct. 31)
30
16 new cases
(Sept. 19)
9 new cases
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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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Coronavirus in Oregon
Lawmakers mull
bill to put race on
voter registration
Associated Press
SALEM — State lawmak-
ers in Oregon are considering
a bill that would give resi-
dents the option of providing
their racial identity, ethnic-
ity and language preference
when registering to vote.
Those backing the measure
say the publicly available data
would allow for stronger en-
gagement with voters of color
and would make it easier for
state and local elections of-
ficials to address racial ineq-
uity in voting access .
“Right now, because we
do not collect this data, we
do not have a clear picture of
how well voting populations
across the state are served
by the systems that we have,”
said Rep. Khanh Pham,
D-Portland, the chief sponsor
of House Bill 2745 during its
first public hearing Thursday.
Similar data is already col-
lected in fields including edu-
cation and health care to im-
prove outcomes in different
demographic groups, and the
same should be done for the
state’s elections, Pham said.
Providing demographic
information would be volun-
tary. Oregonians have four
ways to register to vote, and
the bill would require that the
option of providing race, eth-
nicity and preferred language
information be available in
each manner.
Eight states collect similar
data via voter registration.
During a committee
hearing, House Republican
Leader Christine Drazan,
R-Canby, questioned the
need for the information to
be public if the intent is to
simply study participation.
No one spoke in opposition
of the bill during testimony
or public comment Thursday.
“So, is this a (get out the
vote) bill for targeting mi-
nority populations? What are
we going for here? Are we
trying to turn out voters?”
Drazan asked .
Pham, a former commu-
nity organizer, said the goal
would be to make sure po-
tential voters in underserved
communities know what
they’re voting on, especially
in their own language. The
bill would dovetail with an-
other before state lawmak-
ers that would require voter
pamphlets to be translated
into four or five of the most
spoken non-English lan-
guages in the state.
Gov. Kate
Brown receives
the Johnson
& Johnson
COVID-19
vaccine at a
rural health
clinic. “I want
to reassure
Oregonians
that they
should feel
confident
taking any
of the three
vaccines
available
to protect
themselves
and their loved
ones,” Brown
said.
The Oregonian
Gov. Brown receives vaccine
made by Johnson & Johnson
BY JAIMIE DING
The Oregonian
Gov. Kate Brown joined
the ranks of those inoculated
against the coronavirus on
Saturday, receiving a Johnson
& Johnson vaccine at a rural
health clinic.
“There have been a number
of rumors and misinformation
about the Johnson & John-
son vaccine since its approval
by the FDA,” Brown said in a
statement. “It was important to
me to demonstrate today that
the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
is safe and effective.”
The single-dose vaccine pro-
duced by Johnson & Johnson
was given emergency autho-
rization for use in the U.S. on
Feb. 27 and endorsed by a Cen-
ters for Disease Control and
Prevention advisory panel for
adults 18 years and up.
The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration reported the
vaccine was 66% effective in
preventing moderate to severe
COVID-19 starting 28 days
after vaccination in clinical
trials, which involved more
than 43,000 participants in the
United States, Latin America,
Brazil and South Africa. The
vaccine was 72% effective in
the United States, the FDA re-
ported.
The other two vaccines ap-
proved in the United States are
the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
for those 16 years and up and
the Moderna vaccine for adults
18 years and up, both of which
require two doses.
TODAY
It’s Sunday, March 7, the 66th day
of 2021 There are 299 days left in
the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1965, a march by civil rights
demonstrators was violently
broken up at the Edmund Pettus
Bridge in Selma, Alabama, by state
troopers and a sheriff’s posse
in what came to be known as
“Bloody Sunday.”
In 1875, composer Maurice Ravel
was born in Ciboure, France.
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell
received a U.S. patent for his tele-
phone.
In 1911, President William Howard
Taft ordered 20,000 troops to pa-
trol the U.S.-Mexico border in re-
sponse to the Mexican Revolution.
In 1912, Norwegian explorer
Roald Amundsen arrived in
Hobart, Australia, where he dis-
patched telegrams announcing
his success in leading the first
expedition to the South Pole the
previous December.
In 1926, the first successful
trans-Atlantic radio-telephone
conversations took place between
New York and London.
In 1936, Adolf Hitler ordered his
troops to march into the Rhine-
land, thereby breaking the Treaty
of Versailles and the Locarno Pact.
In 1945, during World War II, U.S.
forces crossed the Rhine at Rema-
gen, Germany, using the damaged
but still usable Ludendorff Bridge.
In 1963, the Pan Am Building
(today the MetLife Building) first
opened in midtown Manhattan.
In 2001, Ariel Sharon was sworn in
as Israel’s prime minister, serving
until he suffered a stroke in 2006.
In 2010, the Iraq war thriller “The
Hurt Locker” received six Acade-
my Awards including best picture,
with Kathryn Bigelow accepting
the first directing Oscar awarded
to a woman.
Ten years ago: Reversing course,
President Barack Obama ap-
proved the resumption of military
trials at the U.S. prison at Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba, ending a two-
year ban. Charlie Sheen was fired
from the sitcom “Two and a Half
Men” by Warner Bros. Television
following repeated misbehavior
and weeks of the actor’s angry,
often-manic media campaign
against his studio bosses.
Five years ago: Stephen Curry
scored 41 points and became the
first player in NBA history to make
300 3-pointers in a season as the
Golden State Warriors held off the
Orlando Magic 119-113 for their
45th straight home victory.
One year ago: Health officials
in Florida said two people who
had tested positive for the new
coronavirus had died; the deaths
were the first on the East Coast
attributed to the outbreak. Italy
saw its biggest daily increase in
coronavirus cases since the out-
break began in the northern part
of the country.
Today’s Birthdays: TV personality
Willard Scott is 87. International
Motorsports Hall of Famer Janet
Guthrie is 83. Actor Daniel J. Tra-
vanti is 81. Entertainment execu-
tive Michael Eisner is 79. Pro Foot-
ball Hall of Famer Franco Harris is
71. Pro and College Football Hall of
Famer Lynn Swann is 69. R&B sing-
er-musician Ernie Isley (The Isley
Brothers) is 69. Actor Bryan Crans-
ton is 65. Golfer Tom Lehman is 62.
International Tennis Hall of Famer
Ivan Lendl is 61. Singer-actor Tay-
lor Dayne is 59. Author E.L. James
is 58. Author Bret Easton Ellis is
57. Comedian Wanda Sykes is 57.
Actor Jonathan Del Arco is 55. Ac-
tor Rachel Weisz is 51. Actor Peter
Sarsgaard is 50. Actor Jay Duplass
is 48. Actor Jenna Fischer is 47.
Actor Tobias Menzies is 47. Actor
Laura Prepon is 41. Actor Bel Pow-
ley is 29. Actor Giselle Eisenberg
(TV: “Life in Pieces”) is 14.
— Associated Press
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