Oregon Sees COVID-19 Hospitalizations Near 1,000 As Cases Soar

PORTLAND, OR — Tuesday morning arrived in Oregon with 911 people across the state being hospitalized with COVID-19 related issues. Of those, 15 people are in intensive care units.

The increase in hospitalizations comes as the Oregon Health Authority reported that 28,037 new cases of COVID-19 were reported across the state between Thursday morning and Monday night.

Ten more Oregonians also died over the period.

Those numbers bring the totals to 5,893 Oregonians who have died and 541,415 Oregonians who have been diagnosed since the pandemic began.

The surge resulted in Governor Brown again increasing the number of National Guard members who are being deployed to 40 hospitals across the state.

She originally said that there would be 500, which was upped to 1,200 last week, On Tuesday, Brown announced that there would be another 700 being deployed.

"We will continue to work together, and in alignment with our core values, remain confident that the Oregon National Guard will 'Always be Ready, Always There'," Lt. Col. Brian J. Kroeller, Oregon National Guard Hospital Relie Joint Task Force Deputy Commander, said.

Last month, 1,500 members of the Oregon National Guard ended a delta-driven deployment at hospitals as that surge started to fade. then, came omicron.

OHA says that the 28,037 new cases were spread across 35 of the state's 36 counties.

Here's the county by county breakdown:

Baker (82), Benton (792), Clackamas (2,617), Clatsop (134), Columbia (197), Coos (339), Crook (228), Curry (121), Deschutes (2,081), Douglas (398), Gilliam (2), Grant (23), Harney (15), Hood River (43), Jackson (1,835), Jefferson (239), Josephine (453), Klamath (514), Lake (32), Lane (2,561), Lincoln (187), Linn (873), Malheur (75), Marion (2,764), Morrow (67), Multnomah (4,995), Polk (542), Sherman (2), Tillamook (81), Umatilla (703), Union (106), Wallowa (58), Wasco (30), Washington (4,093) and Yamhill (755).