Douglas County's death toll related to COVID-19 has risen to 195 as the county reported seven such deaths in its Wednesday report.
Douglas County's death toll related to COVID-19 has risen to 195 as the county reported seven such deaths in its Wednesday report.
Aviva Health is closing out its pre-emergency room triage support at CHI Mercy Medical Center on Wednesday because of the "tapering daily COVID-19 cases," according to a press release.
Douglas County reported an average of 40 positive and presumptive cases of COVID-19 between Saturday and Monday after nearly a month of daily cases in the triple digits.
The Douglas County COVID-19 Recovery Team reported a combined 123 positive and presumptive cases of the coronavirus and one death in its Friday report.
Eleven Douglas County residents have lost their lives due to complications from COVID-19, and 10 of them were reportedly not vaccinated.
About 250,000 masks and 3,800 packages of sanitizing hand wipes has been received by the Douglas County Board of Commissioners.
Douglas County has reached a new milestone.
Two senior care and assisted living facilities and one Roseburg Forest Products plant saw significant increases of positive COVID-19 cases, according to the Oregon Health Authority’s weekly outbreak report, released Thursday.
The Roseburg Fire Department may intermittently close its West Harvard Avenue station because of COVID-19-related staffing shortages, according to the department.
A Douglas County infant has died from COVID-19 complications, according to the Douglas County COVID-19 Recovery Team.
The Douglas County COVID-19 Recovery Team reported 78 new cases of the coronavirus, the first time the county has seen double-digit positive and presumptive cases since Aug. 29, when there were 92 such cases.
Six Douglas County residents died from complications due to the coronavirus Wednesday, including a 26-year-old man — the youngest since the onset of the pandemic.
As the delta variant continues its substantial spread in the United States and worldwide, one drug in particular has come under scrutiny by health officials in its ability to combat COVID-19.
There have been 284 new positive and presumptive cases of COVID-19 and six deaths of county residents since Monday, the Douglas County COVID-19 Recovery Team reported Wednesday.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield, wasn’t pulling any punches as he talked with The News-Review Monday about COVID-19, transportation and climate change.
The Douglas County COVID-19 Recovery Team announced 426 new positive and presumptive cases of the coronavirus from Saturday to Monday, as well as announcing seven deaths of Douglas County residents due to complications from the illness.
National Guard troops screening visitors at the entrances.
A letter signed by 12 school district superintendents in Douglas County urged parents to follow the vaccine and mask safety measures ordered by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and set aside personal beliefs on the issue for the good of students.
Eighty-nine Douglas County residents are currently hospitalized due to complications from COVID-19, and four more residents died Wednesday and Thursday.
On Friday, James Strother’s fever began to climb.
Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin says he won’t enforce Gov. Kate Brown’s mask mandate, which goes into effect on Friday, saying it is “potentially more reckless than doing nothing to stop the spread of COVID.”
Douglas County saw seven more of its residents die due to complications from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus over Tuesday and Wednesday, pushing the county’s death toll to 123.
CHI Mercy Medical Center to receive additional medical personnel following Gov. Brown's announcement
Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday that hospitals across the state, especially those in hard-hit areas such as Roseburg, will receive a boost in medical personnel to respond to the surge of COVID-19 cases.
In efforts to halt the spread of the highly contagious delta variant, Gov. Kate Brown has announced a new outdoor mask mandate.
The South Umpqua School District said Tuesday that due to an influx of COVID-19 cases among staff members, South Umpqua High School has been forced to delay its opening to in-person learning for one week.
The Douglas County COVID-19 Recovery Team reported the deaths of six county residents over the weekend.
Aviva Health is now offering third doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to individuals who are immunocompromised.
Douglas County reported the death of five of its residents since Tuesday, raising the county’s death toll to 110 since the start of the pandemic.
Last week, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown requested up to 1,500 Oregon National Guard troops be deployed to hospitals around the state to help with the current crush of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Douglas County patient died yesterday at CHI Mercy Medical Center while waiting for a bed in the ICU to open up.
Two days after Douglas County shattered its single-day record for positive and presumptive COVID-19, the Douglas Public Health Network and Douglas County Board of Commissioners are urging area residents to return to many of the practices that were in place prior to Oregon fully reopening its…
Effective Wednesday, CHI Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg will be restricting all visitor access as the hospital is nearing maximum capacity due to the recent influx of patients being treated for the coronavirus.
A 27-year-old woman has died from complications of the coronavirus, the youngest death of a Douglas County resident since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020.
Douglas County reported 134 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and 144 new cases on Friday.
CHI Mercy Medical Center is postponing some surgeries because its strained resources are being stretched by a “high volume of infected unvaccinated patients being admitted to the hospital for intensive treatment.”
