Oregon sets new daily record with 2,941 coronavirus cases, hospitalizations up 11% overnight

Oregon set a new daily record on Tuesday with 2,941 identified coronavirus cases, breaking the old mark, as the number of Oregonians hospitalized with COVID-19 soared.

Health officials have reported that 838 people are currently hospitalized in Oregon with COVID-19. That’s 86 more COVID-19 patients than Monday, an 11% increase overnight.

The coronavirus pandemic is spreading particularly rapidly in southern Oregon, where vaccination rates are lagging. Some hospital intensive care units are at or near capacity. The summer surge is fueled by the delta variant, a highly transmissible version of the coronavirus, which is responsible for 96% of known COVID-19 infections in the state.

Tuesday’s figures also included darker news: 15 reported deaths and a daily test positivity rate of 12.2%.

Oregon’s old records for daily cases both arrived last week: 2,329 last Tuesday and 2,387 Thursday. State officials noted that the latest number included cases of detention that went unreported over the weekend, similar to last Tuesday’s record.

Where new cases are by county: Baker (3), Benton (29), Clackamas (151), Clatsop (36), Columbia (71), Coos (76), Crook (27), Curry (8), Deschutes (94), Douglas (300), Gilliam (6), Harney (14), Hood River (12), Jackson (247), Jefferson (11), Josephine (110), Klamath (52), Lane (253), Lincoln (42), Linn (110) , Malheur (39), Marion (363), Morrow (11), Multnomah (145), Polk (43), Tillamook (27), Umatilla (84), Union (40), Wallowa (4), Wasco (25) , Washington (420) and Yamhill (88).

Hospitalizations: 838 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 are hospitalized, up 86 from Monday. That includes 222 people in intensive care, up 16 from Monday.

Who is dead: The state did not immediately release details of the 15 people who died.

Vaccines: Oregon reported 6,439 newly administered doses, including 3,200 on Monday and the remainder of the preceding days.

From the beginning : Oregon has reported 245,758 confirmed or suspected infections and 2,964 deaths, among the lowest per capita numbers in the country. To date, the state has reported 4,732,954 doses of vaccine administered, fully immunizing 2,354,372 people and partially immunizing 203,117 people.

To see more data and trends, visit https://projects.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/

– Doug Perry