Lane County Public Health notified of 46 additional positive COVID-19  cases and one additional COVID-19 related death. This makes a total of one thousand and sixty four (1164) cases.

1,164 (+46) total cases-  Note that this includes confirmed and presumptive.

Of our cases (confirmed and presumptive): 

Hospitalized: 8 (-1)

Deaths: 17 (+1)

Infectious: 200 (+25)

At least 63,397 negative tests (total individuals tested by result)

The seventeenth (17th) COVID-19 related death was a 76 year old man who passed on September 1st. He was from the Eugene/Springfield area. He was not hospitalized prior to his death. After his death, the Oregon Health Authority reviewed his death details and determined his cause of death to be COVID-19 related. Lane County learned of this today. 

Individuals who had contact with these community members will be contacted by Lane County Public Health so they can work with their health care providers on next steps. Communicable disease investigations are underway. If a public contact exposure point is identified, that information will be shared with the public.

To see data related to COVID-19 in Lane County, please visit www.LaneCountyOR.gov/data.

* Presumptive cases are people without a positive PCR test who have COVID-19-like symptoms and had close contact with a confirmed case. Though not confirmed by a positive diagnostic test, presumptive cases have a high likelihood of having COVID-19 because of the specific nature of the symptoms and known exposure.

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