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Josephine County Fairgrounds evacuation center to close

The Red Cross congregate care facility at the Josephine County Fairgrounds will close starting September 21. That is according to Josephine County which says the facility will close because the Red Cross will complete its mission of returning evacuees to their homes or placing them in temporary lodging.

Posted: Sep 20, 2020 9:29 PM

Posted By: Cameron Derby

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore--- The Red Cross congregate care facility at the Josephine County Fairgrounds will close starting September 21. That is according to Josephine County which says the facility will close because the Red Cross will complete its mission of returning evacuees to their homes or placing them in temporary lodging.

Josephine County Public Health opened an emergency medical shelter on September 8, 2020. On September 12, the shelter was transitioned into a congregate shelter and was taken over by the Red Cross.

About 130 people stayed at the shelter.

Josephine County says the Red Cross is ready to open the facilities if it is needed.

Oregon Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 206851

Reported Deaths: 2756

County	Cases	Deaths
Multnomah	40371	614
Washington	26781	248
Marion	23425	323
Clackamas	18932	235
Lane	13908	164
Jackson	11535	146
Deschutes	10018	82
Umatilla	8593	87
Linn	5611	81
Yamhill	4782	79
Klamath	4776	78
Polk	3993	56
Douglas	3884	83
Malheur	3614	63
Josephine	3606	72
Benton	3265	22
Jefferson	2370	39
Coos	2166	37
Columbia	1921	29
Union	1499	24
Wasco	1444	30
Lincoln	1430	21
Crook	1292	23
Hood River	1216	33
Morrow	1154	16
Clatsop	1058	9
Baker	1011	15
Curry	710	11
Tillamook	660	4
Grant	550	7
Lake	467	8
Harney	433	9
Wallowa	194	5
Gilliam	80	1
Sherman	67	1
Wheeler	35	1
Unassigned	0	0

California Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 3809710

Reported Deaths: 63356

County	Cases	Deaths
Los Angeles	1247744	24456
Riverside	301668	4627
San Bernardino	299289	4845
San Diego	281810	3771
Orange	273057	5113
Santa Clara	120163	2188
Kern	110799	1404
Sacramento	107821	1736
Fresno	102947	1724
Alameda	89659	1277
Ventura	81661	1031
San Joaquin	74727	1440
Contra Costa	70730	813
Stanislaus	63497	1070
Tulare	49776	849
Monterey	43836	432
San Mateo	42681	581
San Francisco	37269	556
Santa Barbara	34613	455
Solano	33762	266
Merced	32313	478
Sonoma	30884	317
Imperial	28855	741
Placer	23589	299
Kings	23195	247
San Luis Obispo	21421	261
Madera	16638	245
Santa Cruz	16246	208
Marin	14206	230
Yolo	14160	212
Butte	12668	194
Shasta	12630	233
El Dorado	10396	116
Napa	10026	80
Sutter	9663	113
Yuba	6489	51
San Benito	6109	63
Lassen	5784	24
Tehama	5734	63
Nevada	4919	75
Humboldt	4499	48
Mendocino	4340	50
Tuolumne	4212	71
Amador	3740	47
Lake	3563	45
Glenn	2434	27
Siskiyou	2396	37
Colusa	2284	18
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Inyo	1434	38
Mono	1295	4
Plumas	736	6
Modoc	558	5
Mariposa	465	7
Trinity	422	5
Sierra	116	0
Alpine	89	0
Unassigned	28	0