Weekly report shows some numbers continue to rise rapidly, others stagnate
PORTLAND, Oregon (KTVZ) – COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, bringing the state’s death toll to 247, along with 282 new cases, 15 of them in central Oregon, the Authority on Wednesday reported. Oregon Health.
OHA reported 282 new confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 am Wednesday, bringing the state total to 13,081 cases, along with 298,705 negative test results.
The new confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday are in the following counties: Baker (1), Benton (1), Clackamas (24), Columbia (2), Coos (2), Crook (1), Deschutes (12), Douglas (4), Jackson (9), Jefferson (2), Josephine (1), Klamath (1), Lane (9), Lincoln (2), Linn (2), Malheur (15), Marion (38)), Morrow (3), Multnomah (59), Polk (4), Tillamook (1), Umatilla (27), Union (4), Wasco (2), Washington (50) and Yamhill (6) .
Deschutes County has reported 288 cases, one death and 13,026 negative test results. Crook County has had 20 cases, one death and 1,236 negative results. Jefferson County has had 171 cases, no deaths, and 2,405 negative test results.
Oregon’s COVID-19 death number 244 is a 63-year-old man in Deschutes County who tested positive on June 13 and died June 14 at St. Charles Medical Center. It had underlying conditions. (Deschutes County officials announced the death Tuesday).
The 245th COVID-19 death in Oregon is a 61-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on April 13 and died on May 6 at his residence. It had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 246th death is an 85-year-old woman in Multnomah County who tested positive on April 11 and died on June 20 at Providence Portland Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 247th death is a 61-year-old woman in Douglas County who tested positive on June 28 and died on July 12, at Covenant Hospital in Lubbock, Texas. She had underlying conditions.
NOTE: The death of a 71-year-old Multnomah County woman who died on May 5 was accidentally reported twice: once in the May 7 news release as Oregon’s 120th death, and again in the May 8 press as Oregon’s 124th death. We regret the error. The total number of deaths today has been modified to reflect this change.
Weekly report published
Today, OHA released its Weekly Report, which highlights data trends for the week of July 6-12.
The report noted that the recent resurgence of COVID-19 accelerated during the week of the report. OHA recorded 2,043 new cases of COVID-19 infection, an increase of 7 percent from the previous week. In addition, 22 Oregonians were reported to have died, twice as many as the previous week.
The percentage of positive tests increased to 6.2 percent from 5.0 percent, although the daily number of recently reported infections appears to have stagnated for the first time since late May.
Hospitalizations also stagnated after increasing for the five consecutive weeks and remain below previous peaks in March and April, despite reported daily cases being about three times higher.
These circumstances are probably mainly due to 1) the detection and reporting of a higher proportion of all infections that occur (more generalized tests; evidence of asymptomatic contacts of known cases); and 2) real increases in underlying infection rates among younger people who are at lower risk of hospitalization than those in older age groups.
Bed use in the ICU remains well below capacity statewide.
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