COVID-19 CLAIMS 7 MORE LIVES, STATE DEATH TOLL AT 355 AS OF SATURDAY

August 8, 2020 12:00 p.m. 

COVID-19 has claimed 7 more lives, raising the state death toll to 355 as of Saturday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 376 new confirmed and presumptive cases, bringing the state total to 21,010. The new cases include:

*87 in Multnomah County

*56 in Washington County

*47 in Marion County

*27 in Umatilla County

*23 in Clackamas County

*22 in Yamhill County

*15 in Deschutes County

*14 in each in Lane and Malheur counties

*12 in Jackson County

*9 in Jefferson County

*8 in Wasco County

*6 each in Linn and Morrow counties

*5 each in Benton and Polk counties

*4 in Crook County

*3 each in Columbia and Hood River counties

*2 each in Douglas, Lincoln and Sherman counties

*1 each in Clatsop, Coos, Curry and Josephine counties

The new reported deaths ranged in age from 47 to 85. 1 each lived in Washington, Marion, Umatilla, Clackamas, Deschutes, Multnomah and Malheur counties.