Oregon COVID-19 Deaths Hit New Daily High, Total Passes 4,000

PORTLAND, OR — A record that nobody wanted to break. The Oregon Health Authority reported a new daily high of 82 deaths.

That number brings the state's total to 4,084 deaths since the pandemic began.—

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Despite that, the state did have some positive news: the daily total of new cases continued to decline with only 1,413 cases reported. Since the pandemic started, there have been a total of 345,344 cases.

The number of people hospitalized dropped by 59 fewer to 585, of those 149 were in ICU, a decline of the 21 from the day before.

The county by county breakdown of new cases:

• Benton (34),
• Clackamas (83),
• Clatsop (4),
• Columbia (14),
• Coos (34),
• Crook (63),
• Curry (3),
• Deschutes (92),
• Douglas (39),
• Gilliam (2),
• Grant (17),
• Harney (21),
• Hood River (9),
• Jackson (63),
• Jefferson (13),
• Josephine (24),
• Klamath (84),
• Lake (14),
• Lane (119),
• Lincoln (8),
• Linn (48),
• Malheur (45),
• Marion (112),
• Morrow (10),
• Multnomah (118),
• Polk (64),
• Sherman (2),
• Tillamook (3),
• Umatilla (96),
• Union (8),
• Wallowa (5),
• Wasco (28),
• Washington (83) and
• Yamhill (51).