Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday deployed up to 1,500 National Guard troops to support the state’s hospitals facing a surge in hospitalizations amid an outbreak of the CCP virus. An initial deployment of 500 troops will take place on Aug. 20 to assist hospitals around the state with logistics, handling materials and equipment, administering CCP virus tests, and other hospital operations. “I know this is not the summer many of us envisioned, with over 2.5 million Oregonians vaccinated against COVID-19. The harsh, and frustrating reality is that the Delta variant has changed everything. Delta is highly contagious, and we must take action now,” Brown said in a statement. Oregon logged a record-high 635 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Aug. 10, prompting Brown to reinstate a statewide indoor mask mandate. The number of patients hospitalized with the virus grew every day since, reaching 784 on Aug. 13, according to data compiled by …