Indoor dining can return to Oregon’s most populous counties

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced 10 counties had moved out of the “extreme risk” category for COVID-19. That means some indoor dining can reopen in those places, gyms can serve more people and long-term care facilities can allow in-person visits.
COVID-19 risk levels have improved enough to allow limited indoor dining to resume in 10 more Oregon counties on Friday. That includes the Portland metro area, where inside service at bars and restaurants has been banned since November.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced the state’s updated county risk levels Tuesday. Twelve counties showed improvement. Ten counties moved out of the most dire “extreme risk” category, including Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties in the Portland area. The state also moved Clatsop, Columbia, Deschutes, Hood River, Klamath and Linn counties from “extreme risk” into the “high risk” category and bumped Morrow County to “moderate risk.”

That means 14 Oregon counties are still considered at extreme risk for the transmission of COVID-19.