Dec 10, 2020
The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 weekly report shows weekly highs for COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations for the third consecutive week.
OHA reported 10,355 new daily cases during the week of Monday, Nov. 30 through Sunday, Dec. 6, a 14% increase over the previous week and the seventh consecutive record high weekly case count.
Hospitalizations associated with COVID-19 increased to 494, a 24% increase and an average of 70 per day.
There were 133 reported COVID-19 reported deaths, up from 86 the previous week and an average of 19 per day – the highest since the pandemic began.
People aged 20 to 49 have accounted for 55% of the cases, while people 70 and older have accounted for 76%of the deaths.
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Register-Guard
Oregon continues to break records for COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Oregon Health Authority reported in its weekly update.
The state reported 10,355 new cases between Nov. 30 and Dec. 6. That’s a 14% increase over the previous week and sets a record high for the seventh week in a row.
Through Dec. 6, a total of 85,788 cases had been reported. That means 2% of Oregonians have had positive or presumptive cases.
COVID-19 hospitalizations for last week increased to 494, a 24% increase over the previous week.
There were 133 COVID-19 deaths reported over the week, an average of 19 per day. That’s the highest since the pandemic began.
The Oregon Health Authority reported another 30 deaths due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the state’s death toll over 1,100 since the start of the pandemic.