Oregon state and county health officials on Friday reported one person had died and more than two dozen others had contracted the novel coronavirus in 10 counties, bringing the number of confirmed COVID-19 patients in the state to 115 as testing dramatically expanded.

The Oregon patient who died from the coronavirus had lived in Marion County, said officials from that county. They released no other information about the person.

Separately, residents from Clackamas (4), Deschutes (2), Grant (1), Linn (1), Marion (4), Multnomah (5), Union (1), Washington (6) and Yamhill (2) counties tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, according to the Oregon Health Authority, while health officials in Josephine County reported their first case of COVID-19.

During that time, nearly 700 new people were tested for coronavirus — more than double the 300 who underwent tests the previous day, according to figures published on the health authority’s website.

As of a week ago, a total of 524 Oregonians had been tested for the virus. Since then, the availability of state testing outside the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory has ramped up substantially, with private labs such as Quest and LabCorp and hospitals like Providence Health & Services in Portland increasing capacity.

Still, many Oregonians who have exhibited coronavirus symptoms — such as fever, dry cough and trouble breathing — remain unable to be tested because of limited supplies.

There are now known coronavirus cases linked to 17 of Oregon’s 36 counties: 31 in Washington County; 19 in Linn County; 17 in Marion County; 12 in Multnomah County; 10 in Clackamas County; eight in Deschutes County; four in Yamhill County; two each in Benton, Jackson, Lane and Umatilla counties, and; one each in Douglas, Grant, Josephine, Klamath, Polk and Union counties.

The resident in Josephine County who tested positive for the coronavirus worked at Asante, a major health care provider in that region, an Asante spokeswoman confirmed. The hospital would not say what job the patient held or disclose any other information about that person.

People older than 55 account for 66 of the confirmed cases in Oregon, 34 are between 35 and 54, six are between 25 and 34, four are between 18 and 24 and four others are under 17, state figures show.

The Marion County death brings to four the number of fatalities in Oregon linked to the coronavirus. Two men in their 70s and a woman in her 60s have also died. Those three people, who have not been publicly identified, had underlying medical conditions, state health officials said.

In the last day, 674 more people have tested negative for coronavirus, while another 433 are awaiting results, according to the Oregon Health Authority.

To date, 2,550 people in Oregon have undergone testing, up from 1,854 on Thursday.

Nationwide, almost 17,000 Americans have tested positive for COVID-19 while the number of deaths rose to at least 214, including 83 in Washington state.

Jayati Ramakrishnan of The Oregonian/OregonLive contributed to this report.

This story was updated throughout Friday as more information about cases and deaths was released.

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