3 new virus cases in Oregon; 1 is staff member at vets home

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Public Health officials in Oregon have announced that three more people have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the number of confirmed cases there to 39.

The Oregon Health Authority says one of the new cases is a staff member at the Oregon Veterans' Home in Lebanon, where nine residents have tested positive. The staff member was sent home when symptoms developed and has remained in isolation.

The other new cases were in Deschutes and Yamhill counties.

Oregon has reported one death from the disease caused by the coronavirus: a Multnomah County man in his 70s with underlying health problems who was hospitalized at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He had no known contact to a confirmed case and had not traveled to a country where the virus is circulating. Officials said he died Saturday.