Re-opening Lincoln County…such as it is…

Sep 9, 2020 | Daily News

The best place to get data and guidelines on reopening is on the Governor’s Website here: https://govstatus.egov.com/or-covid-19

Current Status (as of September 3, 2020): Phase 1

Lincoln County Board of Commissioners voted to delay Phase 2 until September 29, 2020. Read the full press release.

Lincoln County was approved to enter Phase 2 originally on September 8, 2020*. Read the Governor’s Letter.

Application Letter to enter Phase 2 on August 24th has been submitted. Review the letter (in Supporting Documents below) and linked here. The data used in the letter was what was current at the time from the July 29, 2020 public health indicators report. At the time the letter was sent, the August 6th report had not been released. As noted in the letter, “Each seven-day period is a point in time examination, and that trend can go up and down easily”.

Public Health Indicators for the week ending August 29, 2020. Updated on September 3, 2020.

% ED visits for COVID-like illness (should be below 1.5%)* – Met (0.3%)
Trend in percent of tests that are positive in last 7 days (should not trend up) – Met (Downtrend 2.8%)
Percent increase in new cases in last 7 days (should be no more than 5%) – Met ( – 25 %)
Percent of cases not traced to a known source in last 7 days (should be below 30%) – Not Met (42%)
Trend in COVID-19 hospitalizations over the last 14 days (should downtrend) – Downtrend
Percent of cases in last 7 days with follow up within 24 hrs (should be 95% or more) – Not Met (83%)

Quick Links

NEW! Reopening Guidance Tool (7/24/20) En Espanol
PPE Supply Connector through Business Oregon (5/28/20)
Governor’s “Reopening Oregon” Website (5/14/20)
Keep Lincoln County Open campaign (5/14/20)
Signs, Posters for Businesses to print

See updates on Oregon’s plans on the Governor’s website here.
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