Coronavirus outbreak linked to eastern Oregon church surpasses 200 cases
Source: The Oregonian
By Celina Tebor | The Oregonian/OregonLive
A large coronavirus outbreak in a small Oregon county grew by 119 new cases Tuesday, yet again pushing the state to a new record number of cases confirmed in a single day — 278, state and county officials said.
Union County’s COVID-19 case count is now ten times what it was on Sunday, leaping from 22, to 121, to 240 cases. Its current rate of positive tests for coronavirus is the highest in the state, at 22%.
The Center for Human Development, a nonprofit charged with coordinating test results and contact tracing in the county, said Monday that a number of cases are associated with Lighthouse United Pentecostal Church in Island City, a small town near La Grande.
A now-deleted video from the church’s Facebook page showed hundreds of worshipers singing, dancing, and jumping around during a service on May 24, when faith communities were not allowed to convene in large groups under Gov. Kate Brown’s reopening guidelines. The La Grande Observer reported the church recently held a wedding and a graduation ceremony that had over 100 people at each event.
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