November 11, 2021 4:10 a.m.

The COVID-19 Weekly Report, released Wednesday, shows a decrease in daily cases and increases in hospitalizations and deaths.  https://www.oregon.gov/oha/covid19/Documents/DataReports/Weekly-Data-COVID-19-Report-2021-11-10-FINAL.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

OHA reported 6,643 new cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday November 1st through Sunday November 7th. That represents a 16 percent decrease from the previous week and the fewest since the last week of July.

OHA said the overall incidence of reported COVID-19 cases in Oregon varied by county vaccination rate, but continues to be lower in counties with higher vaccination rates and the lowest in the 5 counties where vaccination rates were more than 70 percent.

There were 378 new COVID-19 hospitalizations, up from 313 last week.

There were 243 reported COVID-19 related deaths, up from 82 reported the previous week. This increase is a result of ongoing data reconciliation of COVID-19-related deaths that primarily occurred between May and August of 2021, according to OHA.

The report said there were 135,539 tests for COVID-19 for the week of October 31st through November 6th. The percentage of positive tests was 6.4 percent, down from 7.4 percent the previous week.

The COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak Report shows 76 active COVID-19  outbreaks in senior living communities and congregate living settings, with 3 or more confirmed cases and 1 or more COVID-19 related deaths: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/covid19/Documents/DataReports/Weekly-Outbreak-COVID-19-Report-2021-11-10-FINAL.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery