Lane County Announces Weekend COVID-19 Case Counts And Deaths

KLCC | By Tiffany Eckert

Published November 9, 2020 at 5:35 PM PST

Lane County Public Health was notified over the weekend of 103 additional cases and four (4) new deaths from COVID-19.

Health officials report 16 people are currently hospitalized –with six of them in Intensive Care Units.

An 80-year old woman and an 84-year old man died on Saturday. A 50-year old man passed away on Sunday. After reviewing vital records, it was discovered the death of an 80-year old man on October 19^th was caused by COVID-19. All are from the Eugene/Springfield area.

Thirty-two (32) Lane County residents have died from the virus since the start of the pandemic.

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Tiffany Eckert

Tiffany joined the KLCC News team in 2007. She studied journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia and has worked in a variety of media including television and daily print news. For KLCC, Tiffany reports on health care, social justice and local/regional news. She has won awards from Oregon Associated Press, PRNDI, and Education Writers Association.

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