Oregon
Coronavirus updates Wednesday: Oregon reports 5 deaths, 876 new cases
Oregon reported 876 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
The state now has a cumulative total of 52,770 positive cases, according to the Oregon Health Authority.
Lane County Public Health’s website showed 73 more COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 3,014.
According to the agency, 17 county residents were hospitalized for the virus and 279 remain infectious.
The state reported five more deaths, bringing the state’s death toll to 742.
Marion County had two new deaths: A 76-year old man who died Nov. 9, and a 92-year-old woman who died Oct. 15.
Multnomah County had three new deaths: A 100-year old woman who died Nov. 1; an 81-year old man who died Nov. 4; and an 84-year-old man who died Nov. 8.
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Crime & Safety6 days agoMan became upset that the mother of two he was seeing ‘was not foIIowing his reIationship ruIes and was also invoIved with other men and their reIationship was not excIusive’ before he Iured her to a ruraI area where he kiIIed her, then spread her remains across several areas: DA
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Crime & Safety3 days agoFather, who had consumed aIcohoI before he struck his 6-month-old baby in the head while attempting to hit the chiId’s mother as she was hoIding the chiId, then attempted to assauIt poIice officers and hospitaI staff after being handcuffed to a bed, is charged
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Crime & Safety1 week agoWoman told reIative she became upset with the 3-year-old and 5-year-old she was taking care of when they asked for more to eat, despite having already eaten, before intentionaIIy pIacing both of the chiIdren’s paIms on a hot griddIe and hoIding them down, causing severe injuries: police
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Crime & Safety1 week agoMan who told poIice he had a moraI obIigation to kiII his parent because the older man had purportedIy abused him as a chiId, a cIaim doctors reportedly found to be without basis and dismissed as deIusionaI, is charged
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Eugene5 days agoEugene Police Department arrests suspect in downtown stabbing
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Eugene5 days agoCity of Eugene highlights Public Space Team efforts to address homelessness and community impacts
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Eugene5 days agoEugene Springfield Fire trains firefighters ahead of shift schedule changes
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Crime & Safety6 hours agoMan told poIice he eventuaIIy stopped chasing his 82-year-old parent and feIt guiIty after using piIIows and a Iarge skiIIet to try to kiII the woman when she Iay down to rest because she had neuroIogicaI issues and required constant assistance: DA
