December 10, 2020 3:50 a.m.

The COVID-19 weekly report, released by the Oregon Health Authority on Wednesday, set weekly highs for COVID-19 and hospitalizations for the third consecutive week.

OHA reported 10,355 new daily cases during the week of Monday, November 30th through Sunday December 6th. That was a 14 percent increase over the previous week and the 7th consecutive record high weekly case count.

Hospitalizations associated with COVID-19 increased to 494, a 24 percent increase and an average of 70 per day.

There were 133 reported COVID-19 deaths, up from 86 the previous week. The average number of deaths per day was 19, the highest since the pandemic began.

People aged 20 to 49 have accounted for 55 percent of the cases. People 70 and older have accounted for 76 percent of the deaths.

During the week of November 29th to December 5th, the number of COVID-19 tests administered to Oregonians increased significantly to 170,964. The percentage of positive tests was 8.1 percent.

A link to the weekly report is posted with this story: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/DISEASESCONDITIONS/DISEASESAZ/Emerging%20Respitory%20Infections/COVID-19-Weekly-Repo