June 1, 2022 4:20 p.m. 

One more person has died related to COVID-19 in Douglas County and there have been 156 new cases in the week ending on Wednesday.

The Douglas County COVID-19 Weekly Recap said 142 of the new cases received positive test results and 14 were presumptive. The county’s 401st COVID-19 related death was a 92-year old man who died in April. County health officials were notified of his death by Oregon Vital Records this week. He was fully vaccinated and up to date.

8 people are hospitalized for COVID-19 in the county and 5 of those are not fully vaccinated.

During the pandemic, there have been 20,524 cases of COVID-19 in the county. 19,549 are those who have received positive test results and 975 have been presumptive. Go to: https://douglascounty-oregon.us/708/COVID-19 for more local information about COVID-19.