PORTLAND, Ore. — Health officials on Wednesday reported 731 new COVID-19 cases in Oregon and 20 more deaths connected to the virus.
It’s the 11th consecutive day the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has reported fewer than 1,000 new cases, which represents a growing decline in cases. OHA said there were 48% fewer cases reported last week than two weeks ago.
Of the 731 new cases, Multnomah County reported the most with 118, followed by Marion County with 115. Here is a county-by-county breakdown of the new cases:
- Baker: 4
- Benton: 8
- Clackamas: 67
- Clatsop: 4
- Columbia: 8
- Coos: 9
- Crook: 7
- Deschutes: 24
- Douglas: 9
- Harney: 1
- Hood River: 5
- Jackson: 35
- Jefferson: 7
- Josephine: 16
- Klamath: 13
- Lake: 2
- Lane: 52
- Lincoln: 3
- Linn: 21
- Malheur: 17
- Marion: 115
- Morrow: 5
- Multnomah: 118
- Polk: 21
- Tillamook: 1
- Umatilla: 30
- Union: 3
- Wasco: 2
- Washington: 106
- Yamhill: 18
There has been a total of 140,063 known coronavirus cases in Oregon during the pandemic, including 1,924 Oregonians who have died.
Starting Wednesday, OHA said it will no longer provide information about individual deaths. The agency suggested people find information about Oregonians who died in connection with COVID-19 on the state’s public dashboards.
Hospitalizations
The number of Oregonians hospitalized with COVID-19 also continues to go down. OHA reported 302 hospitalized coronavirus patients on Wednesday, six fewer than reported Tuesday. There were 74 people with COVID-19 in intensive care unit beds across the state on Wednesday, four more than reported on Tuesday.
Vaccinations
OHA reported 14,896 more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were recorded. Oregon has administered a total of 340,369 first and second doses of the vaccine out of the 600,874 doses that have been delivered. There have been 50,587 Oregonians who have received two doses of the vaccine.
