Oregon showed sharp declines last week in daily COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations and deaths, the Oregon Health Authority noted on Wednesday â encouraging signs after months of bad news as the pandemic approaches its first anniversary in the state.
In a weekly update, OHA reported there had been a total of 4,049 new cases of the disease from Feb. 1-6. That number was down 15% from the week before and was the lowest weekly total in three months.
During the same span, new COVID-related hospitalizations dropped from 251 to 230, an 8% decline, while deaths attributed to the disease fell to 66, the lowest weekly tally since mid-November.