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News Release
Oregon reports 301 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths - 07/05/20

July 5, 2020

PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 215, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today.

Oregon Health Authority reported 301 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today bringing the state total to 10,230.

The new cases are in the following counties: Clackamas (25), Columbia (3), Crook (1), Deschutes (8), Douglas (4), Hood River (5), Jackson (3), Jefferson (1), Josephine (3), Lane (10), Malheur (15), Marion (38), Morrow (9), Multnomah (72), Sherman (1), Umatilla (41), Union (1), Wasco (3), Washington (51), Yamhill (7).

See table below for total cases, deaths, and negative tests by county.

Oregon’s 214th COVID-19 death is 96-year-old woman in Lincoln County who tested positive on June 30 and died on July 2, in her residence. She had underlying medical conditions.

Oregon’s 215th COVID-19 death is a 70-year-old man in Marion County who tested positive on June 11 and died on July 3, at Salem Hospital. He had underlying medical conditions.

More information is known about Oregon’s 213th COVID-19 death. She is an 86-year-old woman in Lincoln County who tested positive on June 29 and died on July 1, at Samaritan Pacific Community Hospital. She had underlying medical conditions.

Note: Technical issues prevented negative test results from being processed and reported yesterday; those results were processed into the database yesterday. Today’s total includes negative test results for 7/3/20 and 7/4/20. We do not have a separate figure for yesterday.

County

Cases 1

Total deaths

Negative tests 2

Baker

5

0

541

Benton

94

5

6,242

Clackamas

845

25

24,752

Clatsop

51

0

2,516

Columbia

39

0

2,933

Coos

42

0

2,847

Crook

13

0

1,097

Curry

8

0

734

Deschutes

219

0

11,393

Douglas

50

0

5,293

Gilliam

1

0

106

Grant

1

0

199

Harney

1

0

418

Hood River

93

0

2,453

Jackson

149

0

12,842

Jefferson

133

0

2,075

Josephine

55

1

4,551

Klamath

130

1

5,255

Lake

21

0

260

Lane

218

3

25,057

Lincoln

346

4

4,747

Linn

157

9

7,038

Malheur

206

1

1,815

Marion

1,648

48

18,053

Morrow

102

1

564

Multnomah

2,488

69

55,510

Polk

159

12

3,029

Sherman

3

0

152

Tillamook

14

0

1,426

Umatilla

757

6

4,489

Union

356

1

1,716

Wallowa

10

0

450

Wasco

91

1

2,298

Washington

1,586

20

35,183

Wheeler

0

0

122

Yamhill

139

8

5,815

Total

10,230

215

253,971

1 - This includes cases confirmed by diagnostic testing and presumptive cases. Presumptive cases are those without a positive diagnostic test who present COVID-19-like symptoms and had close contact with a confirmed case. County of residence for cases may change as new information becomes available. If changes occur, we will update our counts accordingly.

2 - This includes cases who test negative and are not epi-linked to a confirmed case.

Stay informed about COVID-19:

Oregon response: The Oregon Health Authority and Oregon Office of Emergency Management lead the state response.

United States response: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leads the U.S. response.

Global response: The World Health Organization guides the global response.

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