The Oregon Health Authority announced 474 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday along with 43 new deaths, raising the state’s coronavirus death toll to 2,137.
Updated: 4:04 PM PST February 13, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Forty-three more Oregonians have died of complications from COVID-19, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) said in its daily update Saturday. It s the most COVID-19 deaths reported since Jan. 12, when the state tied its record with 54 deaths in a single day.
The statewide death toll during the pandemic is now 2,137 people.
OHA also reported 474 more COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the state s total case count to 150,034 cases.
Multnomah County had the most new cases with 74 followed by Lane County with 52. Here s a county-by-county breakdown of the new cases:
Baker (1), Benton (19), Clackamas (25), Columbia (10), Coos (20), Crook (3), Curry (1), Deschutes (22), Douglas (25), Hood River (2), Jackson (33), Jefferson (5), Josephine (19), Klamath (3), Lake (4), Lane (52), Lincoln (1), Linn (13), Malheur (3), Marion (30), Morrow (4), Multnomah (74), Polk (16), Tillamook (2), Umatilla (15), Union (5), Wallow
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.
Oregon recorded 529 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, including 29 in the mid-valley, to raise the state’s cumulative total to 147,932, the Oregon Health Authority announced on Tuesday.