Oregon saw a 20% drop in weekly coronavirus cases Monday.
The Oregon Health Authority recorded 5,063 cases in the past week, including 1,387 announced Monday for the preceding three days.
Case counts over the preceding week dropped about twice as much as testing, indicating declining test positivity rates. New daily case counts have been declining since September, with all but two weeks in three-and-a-half months showing a decline in case counts. Oregon is currently averaging about 700 new cases per day.
Hospitalizations were declining for months, too, but since around mid-November have stayed flat, with 408 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19.
Where the new cases are by county: Baker (10), Benton (20), Clackamas (138), Clatsop (14), Columbia (39), Coos (46), Crook (5), Deschutes (101), Douglas (46), Gilliam (1), Grant (1), Hood River (3), Jackson (71), Jefferson (15), Josephine (55), Klamath (4), Lake (1), Lane (108), Lincoln (20), Linn (81), Malheur (2), Marion (89), Morrow (2), Multnomah (218), Polk (15), Tillamook (28), Umatilla (8), Union (4), Wasco (7), Washington (190), Wheeler (1) and Yamhill (44).
Who died: Oregon’s 5,382nd death is an 83-year-old Columbia County man who tested positive Oct. 15 and died Oct. 23 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.
The 5,383rd death is a 69-year-old Multnomah County man who tested positive Oct. 18 and died Oct. 19 at Providence Portland Medical Center.
Oregon’s 5,384th death is a 40-year-old Lane County man who tested positive Oct. 18 and died Oct. 31 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.
The 5,385th death is an 89-year-old Douglas County woman who tested positive Sept. 4 and died Oct. 22 at her residence.
Oregon’s 5,386th death is a 41-year-old Deschutes County woman who tested positive Oct. 2 and died Oct. 30 at St. Charles Bend.
The 5,387th death is a 62-year-old Multnomah County man who tested positive Oct. 13 and died Nov. 9 at Adventist Health Portland.
Oregon’s 5,388th death is a 50-year-old Linn County man who tested positive Oct. 15 and died Oct. 23 at his residence.
The 5,389th death is a 97-year-old Jackson County woman who tested positive Oct. 15 and died Oct. 24 at her residence.
Oregon’s 5,390th death is an 83-year-old Multnomah County woman who tested positive Oct. 17 and died Oct. 26 at Providence Portland Medical Center.
The 5,391st death is an 80-year-old Deschutes County woman who tested positive Oct. 24 and died Oct. 30 at St. Charles Bend.
Oregon’s 5,392nd death is a 41-year-old Clackamas County woman who tested positive Oct. 7 and died Oct. 19 at Providence Portland Medical Center.
The 5,393rd death is a 42-year-old Washington County woman who tested positive Oct. 4 and died Oct. 23 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.
Oregon’s 5,394th death is a 65-year-old Multnomah County woman who tested positive Oct. 4 and died Oct. 31 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.
The 5,395th death is a 67-year-old Multnomah County woman who tested positive Oct. 2 and died Oct. 30 at Adventist Health Portland.
Oregon’s 5,396th death is a 60-year-old Lane County man who tested positive Oct. 23 and died Oct. 25 at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center.
The 5,397th death is a 63-year-old Clackamas County man who tested positive Oct. 25 and died Oct. 31 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.
Oregon’s 5,398th death is a 52-year-old Multnomah County man who tested positive Sept. 25 and died Oct. 11 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.
The 5,399th death is a 74-year-old Linn County man who tested positive Aug. 14 and died Oct. 27 at Providence Portland Medical Center.
Oregon’s 5,400th death is a 74-year-old Umatilla County woman who tested positive Sept. 7 and died Oct. 18 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.
The 5,401st death is a 64-year-old Marion County woman who tested positive Sept. 29 and died Oct. 31 at Portland VA Medical Center.
Oregon’s 5,402nd death is a 96-year-old Linn County woman who tested positive Sept. 30 and died Oct. 24 at her residence.
The 5,403rd death is a 72-year-old Linn County woman who tested positive Aug. 10 and died Oct. 15 at Salem Hospital.
Oregon’s 5,404th death is a 59-year-old Deschutes County woman who tested positive Oct. 1 and died Oct. 15 at St. Charles Bend.
The 5,405th death is a 56-year-old Multnomah County man who tested positive Oct. 3 and died Oct. 15 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.
Oregon’s 5,406th death is a 78-year-old Klamath County woman who tested positive Oct. 12 and died Oct. 14 at St. Charles Bend.
The 5,407th death is a 56-year-old Clackamas County man who tested positive Oct. 18 and died Oct. 31 at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center.
Oregon’s 5,408th death is a 90-year-old Polk County man who tested positive Oct. 25 and died Oct. 23 at his residence.
The 5,409th death is a 60-year-old Multnomah County woman who tested positive Oct. 17 and died Nov. 10 at Adventist Health Portland.
Oregon’s 5,410th death is an 84-year-old Lane County man who tested positive Nov. 15 and died Dec. 9 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.
The 5,411th death is a 95-year-old Douglas County woman who tested positive Nov. 27 and died Dec. 10 at her residence.
Oregon’s 5,412th death is a 60-year-old Douglas County woman who tested positive Nov. 22 and died Dec. 9 at Mercy Medical Center.
The 5,413th death is an 88-year-old Douglas County man who tested positive Nov. 11 and died Nov. 23 at his residence.
Oregon’s 5,414th death is a 77-year-old Clackamas County woman who tested positive Nov. 4 and died Nov. 11 at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center.
The 5,415th death is a 34-year-old Washington County man who first became symptomatic on Dec. 3 and died Dec. 9 at his residence.
Oregon’s 5,416th death is a 20-year-old Washington County man who tested positive Nov. 21 and died Nov. 26 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.
The 5,417th death is a 70-year-old Yamhill County woman who tested positive Dec. 7 and died Dec. 10 at Willamette Valley Medical Center.
Oregon’s 5,418th death is a 78-year-old Yamhill County woman who tested positive Nov. 23 and died Dec. 7; location of death is being confirmed.
The 5,419th death is an 88-year-old Multnomah County woman who tested positive Oct. 12 and died Nov. 11 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.
Oregon’s 5,420th death is a 60-year-old Marion County man who tested positive Nov. 18 and died Dec. 10 at Salem Hospital.
All had underlying medical conditions, or the state was confirming whether they did.
Hospitalizations: 408 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 are hospitalized, up 16 since Friday. That includes 106 people in intensive care, up 10 since Friday.
Vaccines: 9,722 people have been reported newly vaccinated since Friday.
Since it began: Oregon has reported 401,564 confirmed or presumed infections and 5,420 deaths, among the lowest per capita numbers in the nation. To date, the state has reported 6,403,260 vaccine doses administered, fully vaccinating 2,724,327 people and partially vaccinating 271,349 people.
To see more data and trends, visit https://projects.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/
— Fedor Zarkhin
fzarkhin@oregonian.com; 503-294-7674