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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021
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Umatilla County
reaches 151
COVID-19 deaths
EO Media Group
At least 151 Umatilla
County residents have died
of COVID-19, the county’s
health department reported
Tuesday, Oct. 26.
The county reported four
new COVID-19 deaths in a
press release Oct. 21, which
brought the total to 150.
Two victims died in a single
Pendleton nursing home,
and on Oct. 26, the county
announced another death,
No. 151.
The disclosures mark
another grim milestone as
the county continues to
grapple with the delta vari-
ant, the highly-infectious
coronavirus strain that has
spread rapidly among the
county’s unvaccinated res-
idents in recent months,
inundating hospitals with
patients.
But the county’s over-
all infection rates have
recently declined, following
a positive statewide trend.
The county has reported a
weekly drop in cases for
two consecutive weeks.
The newly disclosed
deaths came as the county
reports
several
new
COVID-19 cases. The daily
total remains far higher than
totals in late spring and
early summer, but it con-
tinues a general downward
trend in average daily cases.
As of Oct. 21, the county
averaged 34 cases per day.
That’s the lowest number
since July 21.
But as with all previous
pandemic surges, COVID-
19 deaths have followed in
large numbers. The county
has reported 49 COVID-
19 deaths since the begin-
ning of August. At least 23
residents died in August
alone, making it the pan-
demic’s deadliest month in
the county. The following
are the four deaths Uma-
tilla County Public Heath
reported OCt. 21:
• The county’s 147th
victim is an 86-year-old
woman who tested positive
Aug. 6 and died Aug. 20
at a private residence. She
had unspecifi ed underlying
health conditions.
• The county’s 148th vic-
tim is a 70-year-old woman
who tested positive Aug. 31
and died Sept. 10 at Wil-
lowbrooke Terrace Nurs-
ing Home, Pendleton. She
had unspecifi ed underlying
health conditions.
• The county’s 149th vic-
tim is a 79-year-old woman
who tested positive Aug. 31
and died Sept. 21 at Wil-
lowbrooke Terrace Nurs-
ing Home, Pendleton. She
had unspecifi ed underlying
health conditions.
• The county’s 150th vic-
tim is a 78-year-old man
who tested positive Aug. 3
and died Sept. 23 at the Mil-
ton-Freewater Health and
Rehabilitation Center. He
had unspecifi ed underlying
health conditions.
• The county’s 151st vic-
tim is a 97-year-old woman
who tested positive on Oct.
2 and died Oct. 23 at Leg-
acy Meridian Park Medical
Center in Tualatin, Ore. She
had underlying conditions.
Since the pandemic
started, the county has
reported 14,566 confi rmed
and presumptive coronavi-
rus cases.
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Police arrest man
in Boardman
stabbing incident
EO Media Group
BOARDMAN — A
man is facing assault and
attempted murder charges
after a stabbing, Oct. 19,
at mobile home park in
Boardman that injured a
27-year-old woman.
Boardman Police Chief
Rick Stokoe reported
offi cers arrested Pablo
Alonzo Hernandez, 20,
in connection to the stab-
bing and booked him into
the Umatilla County Jail,
Pendleton.
Police
responded
around 9 a.m. to a report
of a stabbing at the Wil-
son Road Mobile Home
Park, 600 S.W. Wilson
Road. Stokoe said offi cers
found the woman, who
had multiple stab wounds
and lacerations, and they
found Hernandez, who
had “facial trauma,” and
called medical services.
An ambulance trans-
ported the two to Good
Shepherd Medical Cen-
ter, Hermiston.
Police reported the
woman had been on her
front porch when Hernan-
dez allegedly attacked her
with a knife. The wom-
an’s boyfriend inter-
rupted the fi ght, wrestled
Hernandez to the ground
and beat him, subduing
him until police got there,
Stokoe said.
Stokoe said police are
not yet aware of any con-
nection between Hernan-
dez and the woman. The
woman has since been
released from the hospi-
tal, the police chief added,
which also was where offi -
cers arrested Hernandez.
His preliminary bail is
$380,000, according to
the jail website. Stokoe
said police continue to
investigate the case.
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