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GRAPHIC
129 new cases
COVID-19 data for Saturday, March 27:
Deschutes County cases: 6,293 (25 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 70 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 803 (2 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 18 (zero new deaths)
108 new cases
Oregon cases: 163,702 (426 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,375 (2 new deaths)
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.
Jefferson County cases: 2,008 (1 new case)
Jefferson County deaths: 31 (zero 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.
110
*No data
available on
Jan. 31
due to state
computer
maintenence
(Nov. 27)
100
90
80
50
new
cases
70
60
(Feb. 17)
47 new cases
50
(Nov. 14)
7-day
average
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28 new cases
(July 16)
ONLINE
40
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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‘Last Cruise’ tells story of Oregon couple
stranded on ship after COVID-19 outbreak
BY KRISTI TURNQUIST
The Oregonian
When the Diamond Prin-
cess cruise ship set sail from
the port of Yokohama, Japan,
on Jan. 20, 2020, the World
Health Organization had just
started reporting on coronavi-
rus cases in China. By the time
the last crew members were al-
lowed to disembark, on March
1, 2020, more than 700 people
on board had been infected,
and 14 passengers had died.
“The Last Cruise,” a new
HBO documentary, takes
viewers aboard the Diamond
Princess, as we watch footage
shot on cellphones by passen-
gers and crew members. Only
40 minutes long, the film is a
concise, harrowing explora-
tion of the early days of the
COVID-19 crisis, captured in
real time by those on board the
ship that became the site of the
first major outbreak of the vi-
rus outside of China.
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Oregon couple
Rebecca and
Kent Frasure
were among the
passengers and
crew stranded
aboard the Dia-
mond Princess
in the early days
of the COVID-19
pandemic.
HBO
Among the 2,666 passengers
and 1,045 crew members were
Kent and Rebecca Frasure, of
Forest Grove. In early Febru-
ary 2020, The Oregonian re-
ported on the couple, and how
they were part of the group
stranded aboard the Diamond
Princess, as a coronavirus out-
break grew.
“The Last Cruise” begins
with passengers enjoying
themselves aboard the huge
ship. The Diamond Princess
sails on, with exercise classes,
entertainment, elaborate buf-
fets and more.
As the film continues, the
passengers and crew learn that
a Hong Kong resident who
traveled on the ship from Yo-
kohama to Hong Kong has
tested positive for the corona-
virus. “The situation is under
control,” the captain says via
loudspeaker. Nothing to worry
about.
But the Diamond Princess
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• Cruises will remain banned, CDC
says as industry pressure to restart
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“The Last Cruise,” produced
and directed by Hannah Ol-
son, features footage filmed by
those who were on the ship,
along with follow-up inter-
views.
The film shows how frus-
trated some passengers stuck
on board were, and the sense
of powerlessness felt by crew
members, as they recall the
long hours, pressure to keep
working, and fear of speaking
up, even if they had coronavi-
rus symptoms.
“The Last Cruise” makes a
case that the Diamond Prin-
cess was a metaphor of sorts,
an example of how little was
understood about the corona-
virus in its early days — and
of the tragic consequences of
that.
LOCAL BRIEFING
Redmond Police seek 3
in robbery, stabbing
Bend Police search
for robbery suspect
Redmond Police are look-
ing for three people who
robbed and stabbed an em-
ployee early Saturday morn-
ing at Chevron Circle K on
U.S. Highway 97.
Officers responded at
3:30 a.m. and determined the
three people were wearing
masks when they came into
the business and confronted
the employee, according to a
written statement from Sgt.
Tyler Kirk, a Redmond Police
spokesperson. They attempted
to reach the cash register and
one of them stabbed the em-
ployee multiple times, Kirk
said.
All three left the area in a
single vehicle.
The employee, a 27-year-old
Redmond woman, was trans-
ported to St. Charles Redmond
with serious injuries.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information
about the incident is asked to
call Redmond Police at 541-
693-6911.
Bend Police are searching for
a person suspected of an armed
robbery Friday in the area of
NE 5th Street and NE Webster
Avenue.
Officers responded to the
reported robbery at 8:35 p.m.
and discovered a person with
a weapon took cash from the
victim and fled, according to
a press release from Lt Clint
Burleigh.
The victim was unfamiliar
with the area and stopped in
her car to find her way back
to a residence where she was
staying in Bend, Burleigh said.
The armed person opened the
victim’s passenger car door
and threatened her with the
weapon. Police are not sharing
the type of weapon or other
specifics about the incident due
to the ongoing investigation.
Officers and a police dog
searched the area for more
than an hour Friday night, but
were unable to find the sus-
pected robber.
— Bulletin staff reports
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winds up heading back to Ja-
pan and docks outside of To-
kyo. Japanese officials begin
testing people aboard. The cap-
tain announces that 10 people
have tested positive, so every-
one must remain in quarantine
on board, for at least 14 days.
As testing continues, Re-
becca Frasure is among those
who tests positive. She’s trans-
ferred to a hospital, while Kent
Frasure, who tests negative, re-
mains on the ship.
As Kent Frasure told The
Oregonian in February 2020,
he wished that those in charge
had communicated more
clearly and instituted more
preventative measures after
making the initial announce-
ment about the passenger who
had been infected.
“There were no additional
precautions really taken,” Kent
Frasure said then. “It was just
like status quo, normal day to
day activities.”
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