Asante, one of the largest employers in Southern Oregon, reported a COVID-19 outbreak at Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford on Sunday, and Jackson County Public Health has confirmed that two “clusters” at the hospital have produced nine positive cases.

According to a Sunday morning news release from Asante, in “recent weeks” there were “two separate instances unrelated to each other when several employees at Asante Rogue Regional tested positive for COVID-19. During these instances, there are no known cases of patients acquiring COVID-19 from an Asante employee.”