Kraft Heinz food processing plant in Ontario on Monday, July 14. State officials on Wednesday, July 15, reported an outbreak of the coronavirus among its employees. (Rachel Parsons/The Enterprise)
ONTARIO – One-third of every local Covid test administered last week was positive, according to new data the Malheur County Health Department released Wednesday.
The data covers the week of July 6 through July 12 and exposes a grim paradigm where the local Covid virus outbreak is rapidly spinning out of control.
The data showed the positive testing rate – 180 positive tests, 356 negative tests for a total of 536 – in the county leaped to 33.6%.
The report included the data from Snake River Correctional Institution, where 120 positives came from a total of 180 results as of July 12.
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