COVID-19 CLAIMS 3 MORE LIVES, STATE DEATH TOLL AT 417 AS OF SATURDAY

August 22, 2020 3:45 p.m.

COVID-19 has claimed 3 more lives, raising the state death toll to 417 as of Saturday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 302 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 bringing the state total to 24,710. The new cases include:

*56 in Multnomah County

*51 in Marion County

*41 in Washington County

*25 in Clackamas County

*23 in Umatilla County

*20 in Jackson County

*18 in Malheur County

*14 in Yamhill County

*9 in Baker County

*7 in Deschutes County

*5 each in Benton and Lane counties

*4 each in Grant and Jefferson counties

*3 each in Coos, Linn, Lincoln and Polk counties

*2 each in Hood River and Morrow counties

*1 each in Clatsop, Josephine, and Union and Wasco counties

The new deaths range in age from 37 to 98. 2 were women and 1 was a man. 1 each lived in Marion, Multnomah and Yamhill counties.