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Oregon added 32 more fatalities related to COVID-19, the Oregon Health Authority reported on Wednesday, raising the stateâs death toll to 2,194.
OHA did not immediately release details on the latest reported deaths, but data on the agencyâs website made it appear that one of the fatalities was in Linn County. The agency does not release the names of people who have died from COVID-19, citing privacy concerns.
The state reported 437 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing Oregonâs cumulative total to 154,062 cases since the pandemic began.
Continuing a recent trend, Benton County outpaced its neighbor to the east with 22 new cases to Linnâs six. Benton has now recorded 2,303 cases of COVID-19 and 16 deaths from the disease to 3,549 cases and 56 deaths in Linn.
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.