OHA Releases Weekly Testing Summary, Sept. 9

OHA release – Tuesday, Sept. 8, OHA released its Weekly Testing Summary, which showed that, of 26,855 people tested during the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1,163, or 4.3 percent were positive. As in past weeks, the total for that week is likely to rise as test results continue to be reported to OHA. As of Sept. 5, Oregon’s cumulative positivity rate is 4.6 percent of people tested. This is considerably lower than the national average of 8 percent. A declining positive test rate shows that Oregonians’ efforts to use face coverings, physically distance, and avoid gatherings is helping to slow the spread of COVID-19.