January 6, 2022 6:00 p.m. 

Thursday’s report on COVID-19 cases in Oregon shows that the state broke the highest daily case total for a 4th report in a row.

COVID-19 has claimed 9 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 5,728, as of Thursday. An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 7,615 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 449,267.

OHA said the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 588, which is 65 more than on Wednesday. There are 110 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is 2 more than on Wednesday.

The new cases include:

*1,598 in Multnomah County

*1,333 in Washington County

*756 in Clackamas County

*623 in Lane County

Locally OHA said there were 91 new cases in Douglas County. County by county data is linked: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/erd/pages/covid-19-news.aspx

OHA reported that 19,475 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Wednesday. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, by going to: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/