Month: September 2021

Oregon reported 21 new COVID-19 deaths Wednesday and 2,011 new cases, adding to September’s grim toll from the disease but continuing a gradual decline in new cases and hospitalizations. While the number of average daily cases remains higher than the 2020 peak, cases have fallen from the summer apex and state officials on Wednesday reported declining test positivity rates. “The incidence of reported COVID-19 continues to be higher in Oregon counties with lower vaccination rates,” the agency said in a news release. Where the new cases are by county: Baker (24), Benton (32), Clackamas (131), Clatsop (6), Columbia (23), Coos (53), Crook (24), Curry (10), Deschutes 205), Douglas (53), Gilliam (1), Grant (1), Harney (14), Hood River (11), Jackson (135), Jefferson (40), Josephine (16),...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Travelers could be looking at new COVID restrictions as we embark on the holiday season. It's one of several COVID-related updates for the airline industry. With the Thanksgiving holiday just around the corner and one of the busiest times to fly, California Senator Diane Feinstein tweeted "We can't allow upcoming holiday air travel to contribute to another surge in COVID cases. Today, I introduced legislation requiring passengers on domestic flights to be vaccinated, test negative or be fully recovered from a previous COVID illness." We can’t allow upcoming holiday air travel to contribute to another surge in COVID cases. Today I introduced legislation requiring passengers on domestic flights to be vaccinated, test negative or be fully recovered from a previous COVID il...

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Sign up for our special edition newsletter to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic. An unvaccinated 20-year-old sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington died from COVID-19 complications this week after repeatedly resisting to get the shot, his distraught mother said. Tyler Gilreath tested positive for the illness on Aug. 20 — just three days after moving onto campus — and he later developed a debilitating sinus infection that spread to his brain, the student’s mom, Tamra Demello told the News & Observer. After three weeks of battling serious sickness, and multiple operations, Gilreath was taken off life support on Monday after doctors informed the family he wasn’t going to make it. “I am devastated beyond belief,” Demello wrote...