January 20, 2022 6:40 p.m. 

The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Weekly Report, released Thursday, shows an increase in daily cases and a drop in hospitalizations and deaths. https://www.oregon.gov/oha/covid19/Documents/DataReports/Weekly-Data-COVID-19-Report-2022-01-20-FINAL.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

OHA reported 52,337 new cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, January 10th through Sunday January 16th. That is an 11 percent increase from the previous week and another weekly high for the pandemic.

OHA said there were 320,710 tests for COVID-19 for the week of January 9th through January 15th, a 24 percent increase over the previous week and a new weekly high. The percentage of positive tests rose to 22 percent, up from 21 percent last week.

There were 441 new COVID-19 hospitalizations, down from 486 last week.

OHA said there were 83 reported COVID-19 related deaths, down from 113 reported the previous week.

The COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak Report shows 210 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. The report is linked: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/covid19/Documents/DataReports/Weekly-Outbreak-COVID-19-Report-2022-01-20-FINAL.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery