Two more die in Umatilla County from COVID-19
Published 3:57 pm Tuesday, February 8, 2022
UMATILLA COUNTY — Umatilla County Public Health on Tuesday, Feb. 8, reported COVID-19 claimed the lives of two more county residents.
The county’s 195 death related to the disease is a 70-year-old woman who tested positive on Jan. 14 and died Feb. 3 at Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston. The 196th death related to COVID-19 is a 72-year-old man who tested positive on Jan. 23 and died Feb. 5, also at Good Shepherd Medical Center.
The county health department also reported 67 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the county’s total number of cases as of Feb. 8 to 21,737.
