(Update: Adding details of Wednesday s reported deaths, 1 in Deschutes County)
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) There are 27 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including Deschutes County s 61st death, raising the state’s death toll to 2,252, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
OHA also reported 276 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the state total to 156,287.
Note: A large volume of backlogged electronic laboratory reports (ELRs) were received Tuesday. As a result, Wednesday’s test counts are higher than anticipated. Test results were from Jan. 1 to March 1. Approximately 99% of these test results were negative results, and Wednesday s percent positivity is lower than anticipated.
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Coronavirus updates Monday: Oregon reports six more deaths, 846 cases
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The Oregon Health Authority reported six more deaths related to coronavirus on Monday, raising the state death toll to 1,347. OHA also reported 846 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 Monday bringing the state total to 103,755.
The number of hospitalized patients statewide is 528, two fewer than Sunday. There are 121 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is unchanged from a day ago.
The cases reported Monday are in the following counties: Baker (1), Benton (7), Clackamas (114), Clatsop (3), Columbia (11), Coos (5), Crook (4), Curry (3), Deschutes (39), Douglas (27), Harney (3), Hood River (10), Jackson (41), Jefferson (26), Josephine (32), Lane (26), Lincoln (4), Linn (29), Malheur (4), Marion (69), Morrow (1), Multnomah (212), Polk (10), Tillamook (4), Umatilla (23), Union (1), Wasco (11), Washington (108), Yamhill (18).