COVID-19 CLAIMS 25 MORE LIVES, STATE DEATH TOLL AT 5,268, AS OF MONDAY

December 6, 2021 4:00 p.m. 

COVID-19 has claimed 25 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 5,268, as of Monday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 2,041 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 396,501. This covers data that came in between Friday and Sunday.

OHA said the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 418, which is 23 more than on Sunday. There are 115 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is 12 more than on Sunday.

The new cases include:

*351 in Multnomah County

*276 in Washington County

*214 in Clackamas County

*190 in Deschutes County

Locally OHA said there were 84 new cases in Douglas County. Complete county by county data is linked: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/erd/pages/covid-19-news.aspx

OHA reported that 13,247 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Sunday. To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, go to: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/