The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Weekly Report, released today, shows decreased daily cases and increases in hospitalizations and deaths from the previous week.
OHA reported 1,920 new daily cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, March 15 through Sunday, March 21. That represents a 15% decrease from the previous week.
New COVID-19 related hospitalizations rose to 139, up from 130 last week.
Reported COVID-19 related deaths rose to 41, up from 26 last week.
There were 102,287 tests for COVID-19 for the week of March 14 through March 20 — an 8.7% increase from last week. The percentage of positive tests fell from 3.6% to 2.9%.
People 70 years of age and older have accounted for 40% of COVID-19 related hospitalizations and 77% of COVID-19 related deaths.
Today’s COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak Report shows 31 active COVID-19 outbreaks in senior living communities and congregate living settings, with three or more confirmed cases and one or more COVID-19 related deaths.