PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 204, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today. Oregon Health Authority reported 146 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today bringing the state total to 8,485. The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are…
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Governor Kate Brown Extends Face Coverings Requirement Statewide
Face covering requirements apply to indoor public spaces, take effect on Wednesday, July 1 PORTLAND — Governor Kate Brown announced today that Oregonians statewide will be required to wear face coverings in indoor public spaces, beginning this Wednesday July 1. The guidance applies to businesses and members of the public visiting indoor public spaces. Face covering requirements are already mandated…
Oregon reports 247 new COVID-19 cases; 48 new in Umatilla County
June 28, 2020 PORTLAND, Ore. — The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from yesterday and remains at 202, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today. Oregon Health Authority reported 247 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today bringing the state total to 8,341. The new cases are in the following counties:…
Oregon reports 277 new COVID-19 cases; 56 in Umatilla County
PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 202, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Oregon Health Authority reported 277 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 8,094. The new cases reported today are in the following counties:…
Incident Command: No positive cases among 62 tested at Wildhorse
MISSION – Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center conducted a COVID-19 testing clinic at the Wildhorse Casino on Tuesday, June 23, according to a news release from the Incident Command Team (ICT) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Five representatives from Yellowhawk tested 62 Wildhorse employees from 8 a.m. to noon. All 62 of those tests were negative. There…
Tribal leaders support decision to cancel Round-Up, Happy Canyon
Boots Pond, a member of the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, said he is “relieved” that the Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Pageant will not be held in September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Other Tribal officials support the decision not to have the annual events in Pendleton. By Wil Phinney of the…
Two CTUIR employees report positive COVID-19 cases
Staff from Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center on the Umatilla Indian Reservation stand in front of the tent that’s been erected on the northwest side of the clinic where COVID-19 testing will now take place. By the CUJ MISSION – Two employees of Tribal “entities” have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a news release issued Wednesday, June 17, by…
First positive COVID-19 case confirmed
By Wil Phinney of the CUJ MISSION – The first positive case of COVID-19 has been confirmed on the Umatilla Indian Reservation through testing at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center. The Confederated Tribes and Yellowhawk have jurisdiction to do the investigation and contact tracing because the individual who tested positive is a resident of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Because of federal…
First positive COVID-19 case confirmed on Umatilla Indian Reservation
By Wil Phinney of the CUJ MISSION – The first positive case of COVID-19 has been confirmed on the Umatilla Indian Reservation through testing at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center. The Confederated Tribes and Yellowhawk have jurisdiction to do the investigation and contact tracing because the individual who tested positive is a resident of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Because of federal…
Chelsey Dick, an employee in the CTUIR Department of Natural Resources, grimaces as a swab is put in her nose during a COVID-19 test on May. Like more than 100 other employees from Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, Tribal government and several other CTUIR entities, Dick’s test came back negative. The tests were administered by Yellowhawk nurses, lab technicians and a doctor.
Second round of Yellowhawk tests reveals only negative results for COVID-19
By Wil Phinney of the CUJ MISSION – For the second time in May, results were negative for more than 100 people tested for the active COVID-19 virus on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. A third round of testing for the novel coronavirus, a worldwide pandemic that has killed more than 103,000 people in the United States, is planned June 16…