November 17, 2021 6:00 p.m. 

COVID-19 has claimed 19 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 4,873, as of Wednesday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 996 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 381,842.

OHA said the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 427, which is 25 fewer than on Tuesday. There are 100 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is 8 more than on Tuesday.

The new cases include:

*118 in Clackamas County

*107 in Multnomah County

*82 in Marion County

*80 in Washington County

Locally OHA said there were 35 new cases in Douglas County

Complete county by county data is linked: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/erd/pages/covid-19-news.aspx

The new deaths ranged in age from 45 to 90.

OHA reported that 19,997 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Tuesday. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon at: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/