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Today, the Oregon Health Authority announced the thirtieth COVID-related death of a Baker County resident. “Oregon’s 4,458th COVID-19 related death is a 66-year-old woman from Baker County who tested positive on Oct. 22 and died on Oct. 28 at her residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.” 

Health Department Director Nancy Staten said, “The Health Department offers our condolences for their family and friends, we are so sorry. This leaves a big impact in our county.” 

To protect the privacy and well-being of the family, and to maintain compliance with health information privacy regulations, no further information about the individual will be released by the County. We encourage everyone to be respectful as a family in our community grieves.

PRESS RELEASE

Today, the Oregon Health Authority announced the twenty-ninth COVID-related death of a Baker County resident. “Oregon’s 4,247th COVID-19 related death is a 61-year-old woman from Baker County who tested positive on Sept. 21 and died on Oct. 19 at St Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.”

Health Department Director Nancy Staten said, “I send my condolences to her family and friends, my heart goes out to them. This report weighs heavily on us all.”

To protect the privacy and well-being of the family, and to maintain compliance with health information privacy regulations, no further information about the individual will be released by the County. We encourage everyone to be respectful as these families in our community are grieving.

PRESS RELEASE

The Oregon Health Authority announced the twenty-eighth COVID-related death of a Baker County resident today. “Oregon’s 4,010th COVID-19 related death is an 81-year-old woman from Baker County who tested positive on Sept. 27 and died on Oct. 11 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.” This is the ninth COVID-19 related death of a County resident reported in the last 30 days, and the eleventh reported since the beginning of August.

Health Department Director Nancy Staten said, “I’m so sorry for her loved ones. This is incredibly hard, and all of us at the Health Department send our condolences. There continues to be a significant number of County residents who are very sick or hospitalized, and as much as we wish it was, this isn’t over yet.”

To protect the privacy and well-being of the family, and to maintain compliance with health information privacy regulations, no further information about the individuals will be released by the County. We encourage everyone to be respectful as these families in our community are grieving.