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Oregon has seen an increase in daily reported cases of COVID-19 for the most recent reporting week following more than two months of steady declines, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported Wednesday. The number of COVID-19 tests was also substantially higher, with a small increase in percent positivity. Hospitalizations continue to steadily decline, falling to weekly levels last seen in early July 2021. St Charles reports five patients with none in ICU. The number of COVID-19-related deaths — typically a lagging indicator — was higher for the week ending April 3 than the previous weekly re...

Oregon Health Authority (OHA) will stop distributing a daily media release about COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths (including individual death summaries), effective Monday, April 4. Daily information about new COVID-19 cases, current hospitalizations of COVID-19 positive patients and deaths, along with other COVID-19 data, will continue to be available daily on the OHA website, data dashboards and social media platforms. The daily media releases grew out of the urgent need to communicate quickly evolving COVID-19 trends early in the pandemic. The news releases were sent to media part...

Oregon Health Authority also is reducing its COVID data posts from daily to weekly.