The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported 1,173 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases and 41 new deaths in its daily update Saturday. The latest reported cases bring the state's total number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic to 132,412. The state's death toll has risen to 1,799. There are 365 people hospitalized with COVID-19, which is 22 fewer than the number reported on Friday. There are 92 COVID-19 patients in.
Coronavirus in Oregon: 1,173 new cases and 41 deaths as contagious variant’s discovery alarms health officials
Updated Jan 17, 2021;
Posted Jan 16, 2021
PFC Juan Carlos Rojas administers the COVID-19 vaccine to licensed massage therapist with Serenity Hospice Jason Mayberry at the Marion County and Salem Health vaccination clinic on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem, Oregon. Abigail Dollins/Salem Statesman Journal
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The Oregon Health Authority on Saturday announced 1,173 confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases and 41 fatalities as the bleak reality from a fall and winter surge leaves a growing number of Oregonians dead.
Saturday marked the third time in a week that Oregon reported at least 40 deaths, with an average of 28 fatalities a day reported over that span. More Oregonians with COVID-19 died in December than in the first six months of the pandemic combined.
Late Saturday evening, The Oregon Health Authority announced that the state is just one death away from reaching 1,800 total deaths from the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.