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DESCHUTES COUNTY
Deschutes County cases: 6,178 (6 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 70 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 796 (zero new cases)
Crook County deaths: 18 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 2,004 (2 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 31 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 161,706 (168 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,365 (2 new deaths)
130
(Dec. 4)
What is COVID-19? It’s an infection caused by a new coronavirus.
Symptoms (including fever, coughing and shortness of breath)
can be severe. While some cases are mild, the disease can be fatal.
108 new cases
120
(Jan. 1)
90
new
cases
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.
110
*No data
available on
Jan. 31
due to state
computer
maintenence
(Nov. 27)
90
80
50
new
cases
70
60
47 new cases
50
(Nov. 14)
7-day
average
28 new cases
(July 16)
40
31 new cases
(Oct. 31)
30
16 new cases
(Sept. 19)
9 new cases
20
(May 20)
1st case
100
(Feb. 17)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at St. Charles
Bend on Monday: 5 (zero in ICU)
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COVID-19 data for Monday, March 22:
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
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SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY,
DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES
New COVID-19 cases per day
10
(March 11)
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OSU trustees reopen
discussion over president
The fate of Oregon State
University’s embattled presi-
dent, F. King Alexander, will
once again go before the uni-
versity’s board of trustees.
The trustees announced they
will meet again publicly Tues-
day “to discuss and consider
action regarding President Al-
exander’s leadership.”
OSU spokesman Steve Clark
confirmed the meeting Sun-
day but declined to elaborate
on what prompted the board to
revisit the question of Alexan-
der’s leadership, saying it was “a
number of considerations.”
Alexander has come under
fire after an investigation de-
tailed leadership failures in the
handling of sexual violence
and misconduct at Louisiana
State University when he was
its president and chancellor
from 2013 to 2019.
In a 12-2 vote the OSU
board decided Wednesday not
to terminate Alexander, in-
stead placing him on probation
through June 1 and pledging
to hire an outside consultant to
review his conduct.
Oregon adopts CDC’s new
3-foot rule for schools
Oregon will shift to allowing
3 feet of physical distancing in
schools, down from 6, the Ore-
gon Health Authority and Ore-
gon Department of Education
announced Monday.
They cited recent studies and
new guidance from the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and
Prevention as saying 3 feet of
separation is enough to prevent
transmission of COVID-19 be-
tween masked students.
Oregon will allow schools
to space elementary students
3 feet apart in all cases but will
require 6 feet of spacing for
middle and high school stu-
dents if the county’s rate of new
coronavirus cases exceeds 200
per 100,000 residents over the
course of 14 days.
The 3-foot flexibility means
schools can put four times as
many students in a classroom
as under the previous rule.
Schools will still need to en-
sure at least 6 feet of spacing
when students from different
classrooms are passing in hall-
ways between periods or when
students are eating, the agen-
cies said.
Idaho man gets life term
for 2017 slaying of ex-wife
A former Nampa, Idaho,
man received a life sentence Fri-
day in the stabbing death of his
ex-wife and a 20-year sentence
in the death of a motorist killed
in a head-on crash as the for-
mer Nampa man fled police.
The hearing at the Malheur
County Courthouse was the
latest chapter in a four-year le-
gal case that began in the early
morning of Jan. 9, 2017.
Anthony Montwheeler, 53,
stabbed to death his ex-wife,
Annita Harmon, killed Vale
resident David Bates and in-
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jured Bates’ wife, Jessica, in a
head-on crash as he fled police.
Montwheeler pleaded guilty
Feb. 26 to second-degree mur-
der, first-degree manslaughter
and third-degree assault.
Under terms of a plea deal
reached earlier this year, Mont-
wheeler will serve a life sen-
tence for killing Harmon but
be eligible for parole in 25 years
— when he is 78. But he would
have to serve another 10 years
of the 20-year sentence he has
agreed to for Bates’ death.
Crash at Oregon Dunes
kills 24-year-old woman
A 24-year-old woman was
killed after a vehicle she was rid-
ing in flipped while off-roading
at the Oregon Dunes National
Recreation Area on the south-
ern coast, officials said.
Deputies from the Coos
County Sheriff’s Office re-
sponded to reports that a
2001 Jeep Cherokee had gone
off Ten Mile Sand Road near
Horsfall Beach about 6 p.m.
Saturday. The vehicle had
gone into the water and was
submerged with three people
trapped inside, the sheriff’s of-
fice said in a statement.
Counties that are not currently meeting the standard of
mostly completing the vaccination of seniors will begin expand-
ing who can get shots on March 29.
Residents do not need a doctor’s note or other records to sign
up under the group of those with underlying health conditions.
They will be asked to sign a statement attesting they qualify be-
cause of conditions that include:
• Cancer
• Chronic kidney disease
• COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
• Down Syndrome
• Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or
cardiomyopathies
• Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from
solid organ transplant
• Obesity as defined by a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or above
• Sickle cell disease
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Gov. Kate Brown also announced on Friday that another group set
for eligibility on May 1 would be moved up to April 19. It includes
adults 16-44 with underlying health conditions, front-line work-
ers as defined by the federal government and multigenerational
household members.
— Gary A. Warner, Oregon Capital Bureau
Two were extricated from
the Jeep by all-terrain vehicle
riders who were in the area
and came to help, the sheriff’s
office said.
When deputies arrived, the
third person, later identified as
Hailey Marie Vincent, was still
trapped inside. With the help of
bystanders, the officers attached
a winch to the flipped Jeep and
pulled Vincent out. Emergency
responders attempted to re-
suscitate Vincent but were un-
successful, and she died at the
scene, the sheriff’s office said.
The cause of the crash is un-
der investigation, the sheriff’s
office said.
— Bulletin wire reports