COVID-19 CLAIMS 7 MORE LIVES, STATE DEATH TOLL AT 454 AS OF SATURDAY

August 29, 2020 12:00 p.m.

COVID-19 has claimed 7 more lives, raising the state death toll to 454 as of Saturday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 252 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 26,293. The new cases include:

*46 in Multnomah County

*40 in Marion County

*33 in Washington County

*26 in Malheur County

*20 each in Clackamas and Umatilla counties

*18 in Jackson County

*12 in Yamhill County

*11 in Lane County

*5 in Union County

*4 in Linn County

*3 each in Jefferson and Polk counties

*2 each in Baker, Coos, Deschutes, and Morrow counties

*1 each in Klamath, Lincoln, and Hood River counties

The new deaths ranged in age from 37 to 86. 3 lived in Multnomah County, 2 lived in Washington County with 1 each in Lane and Clackamas counties.