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DESCHUTES COUNTY
COVID-19 data for Sunday, May 9:
Deschutes County cases: 8,703 (35 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 74 (1 new death*)
Crook County cases: 1,073 (8 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 20 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 2,170 (3 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 34 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 191,405 (610 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,530 (2 new deaths)
129 new cases
120
7-day
average
90
new
cases
110
103 new cases
(April 23)
100
(Nov. 27)
90
74 new cases
80
(April 10)
50
new
cases
70
60
(Feb. 17)
50
(Nov. 14)
28 new cases
(July 16)
40
*State data
unavailable
for Jan. 31
31 new cases
(Oct. 31)
16 new cases
30
(Sept. 19)
9 new cases
EMAIL
(Jan. 1)
47 new cases
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
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130
(April 29)
108 new cases
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
6 feet from others and wear a face covering or mask.
5. Cover a sneeze with a tissue or cough into your elbow.
6. Clean frequently touched objects and surfaces.
*Oregon’s 2,529th death is a 80-year-old woman from Deschutes
County who tested positive April 24 and died May 3 at St. Charles
Bend. She had underlying conditions.
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125 new cases
(Dec. 4)
What is COVID-19? A disease caused by a coronavirus.
Symptoms (including fever and shortness of breath) can
be severe, even fatal, though some cases are mild.
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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)
March 2020
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May
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September
October
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December
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OREGON LEGISLATURE
Central Oregon
again stands out,
but there’s good
news statewide
The Oregonian
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COVID-19 by ZIP code:
Coronavirus cases fell in
Oregon for the first time this
spring in the week ending
Sunday, May 2, interrupt-
ing five consecutive weeks of
alarming gains.
ZIP codes in Central and
Southern Oregon once again
recorded the most new cases .
The Oregon Health Author-
ity reported 5,557 confirmed
or presumed infections for
that week, down 3% from the
previous week. The decline in
new cases was severely out-
paced by an 18% decline in
week-to-week testing.
But the drop in cases was
viewed as welcome news after
major gains for more than a
month. And the decline ap-
pears on track to continue .
The Oregonian monitors
state coronavirus data, report-
ing by ZIP code the areas with
the greatest weekly changes.
The newspaper’s analysis also
highlights the areas with the
most new cases in relation to
population.
Here’s a brief summary of
the communities that added
the most cases for the week
ending Sunday, May 2:
97756 Redmond
Added 150 cases, raising its
tally to 2,225. That’s the 16th
most in Oregon and 69th most
per capita since the start of the
pandemic.
97603 Klamath Falls
Added 147 cases, raising its
tally to 2,124. That’s the 20th
most in Oregon and 31st most
per capita since the start of the
pandemic.
97702 Bend
Added 129 cases, raising its
tally to 2,159. That’s the 18th
most in Oregon and 121st
most per capita since the start
of the pandemic.
97701 Bend
Added 126 cases, raising its
tally to 1,880. That’s the 27th
most in Oregon and 263rd
most per capita since the start
of the pandemic.
97030 Gresham
This Multnomah County
ZIP code added 101 cases,
raising its tally to 2,689. That’s
the 10th most in Oregon and
35th most per capita since the
start of the pandemic.
Per capita
Here’s a brief summary of the
communities with at least 30
new cases that added the most
new cases per capita for the
week ending Sunday, May 2:
97603 Klamath Falls
This ZIP code recorded new
confirmed or presumed infec-
tions of 50 per 10,000 people
during the week ending Sun-
day, down from the previous
week.
97009 Boring
This ZIP code recorded new
confirmed or presumed infec-
tions of 48 per 10,000 people
during the week ending Sun-
day, up nearly double from the
previous week.
97601 Klamath Falls
This ZIP code recorded new
confirmed or presumed infec-
tions of 41 per 10,000 people
during the week ending Sun-
day, down from the previous
week.
97756 Redmond
This ZIP code recorded new
confirmed or presumed infec-
tions of 39 per 10,000 people
during the week ending Sun-
day, up slightly from the previ-
ous week.
97739 La Pine
This ZIP code recorded new
confirmed or presumed infec-
tions of 38 per 10,000 people
during the week ending Sun-
day, more than double from
the previous week.
(Added 48 new cases, in-
creasing its total to 353.)
97055 Sandy
This ZIP code recorded new
confirmed or presumed infec-
tions of 33 per 10,000 people
during the week ending Sun-
day, down slightly from the
previous week.
(The Clackamas County
ZIP code added 62 new cases,
increasing its total to 1,019.)
97023 Estacada
This ZIP code recorded new
confirmed or presumed infec-
tions of 32 per 10,000 people
during the week ending Sun-
day, up slightly from the previ-
ous week.
(The Clackamas County
ZIP code added 32 new cases,
increasing its total to 465.)
97754 Prineville
This ZIP code recorded new
confirmed or presumed infec-
tions of 31 per 10,000 people
during the week ending Sun-
day, up slightly from the previ-
ous week.
(Added 63 new cases, in-
creasing its total to 945.)
97030 Gresham
This ZIP code recorded new
confirmed or presumed infec-
tions of 26 per 10,000 people
during the week ending Sunday,
up from the previous week.
97702 Bend
This ZIP code recorded new
confirmed or presumed infec-
tions of 26 per 10,000 people
during the week ending Sun-
day, down slightly from the
previous week.
Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian file
More than 100 people affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University gathered in front of the University
of Oregon’s Mackenzie Hall at noon March 3 in support of survivors of sexual harassment and assault.
Lawmakers want oversight of
university harassment complaints
BY MAXINE BERNSTEIN
The Oregonian
A bipartisan group of Or-
egon lawmakers spoke out
Wednesday on the need to
hold Oregon universities ac-
countable for their handling
of sexual or racial harassment
complaints on their cam-
puses.
They’ve proposed a Senate
resolution that would estab-
lish an eight-member Joint
Committee on Respectful
and Safe University Cam-
puses.
The oversight committee
would hold public hearings
with the power to subpoena
witnesses and documents in
order to study policies, prac-
tices and the culture of cer-
tain higher education cam-
puses and work to prevent
and respond to allegations of
sexual and racial harassment,
discrimination and miscon-
duct.
The committee could also
appoint independent investi-
gators to audit certain insti-
tutions.
The move comes in the
wake of Oregon Health &
Science University’s $585,000
payout to settle a federal sex-
ual assault suit filed by a so-
cial worker who accused the
university of failing to act
after she and others com-
plained of sexual harassment
by a second-year anesthe-
siology resident, Dr. Jason
Campbell, who became
known as the TikTok Doc for
his viral social media videos
dancing in hospital scrubs
during the pandemic.
An internal investigation
concluded Campbell vio-
lated OHSU’s harassment
policy and code of conduct,
but Campbell left before a
scheduled discipline hearing,
only to obtain a residency at a
university in Florida. He was
placed on leave from that job
in February.
The legislative push also
comes amid the abrupt firing
of tenured Linfield University
English professor Daniel Pol-
lack-Pelzner, a faculty trustee
who had spoken out against
the university’s handling of
sexual harassment complaints
made by students and faculty
against four university board
members. He had sought re-
strictions on trustees’ social
gatherings with students and
called for more training of
trustees. One former trustee
has pleaded not guilty to sex-
ual abuse charges stemming
from his encounters with
three students in 2017 and
2019. Linfield President Miles
K. Davis said Pollack-Pelzner
was fired “for cause,” and ar-
gued that the university did
not have to follow its faculty
handbook, which spells out
a process for disciplining a
tenured professor involving a
notice of charges followed by
a faculty committee hearing.
“Recent allegations on Or-
egon’s campuses underscores
that the Legislature has not
done enough to hold our uni-
versities accountable. The
Legislature’s oversight in this
area is much needed so we
can understand how to pro-
tect victims of harassment.
The public deserves to know
how their tax dollars are be-
ing spent in this area,” said
Sen. Kim Thatcher, R-Keizer,
the author of the resolution
introduced Wednesday.
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