January 26, 2022 6:20 p.m. 

The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Weekly Report, released on Wednesday, showed a decline in weekly cases, but sharply rising hospitalizations and what officials called “a staggering test positivity rate”.  https://www.oregon.gov/oha/covid19/Documents/DataReports/Weekly-Data-COVID-19-Report-2022-01-26-FINAL.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

OHA reported 47,361 new cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday January 17th through Sunday January 23rd. That is a 9.5 percent decline from last week’s pandemic high.

OHA said there were 638 new COVID-19 related hospitalizations, a 45 percent increase over the previous week, and the highest since the Delta surge peeked at 1,036 hospitalizations.

COVID-19 related deaths fell to 59, down from 83 the previous week.

Reported COVID-19 test results dropped 9.9 percent to 288,232 for the week of January 16th to January 22nd. Test positivity rose from 22.5 percent to 25 percent.

The COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak Report shows 273 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-2022-01-26-FINAL.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery