February 18, 2022 4:00 p.m. 

COVID-19 has claimed 12 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 6,456, as of Friday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 1,635 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 685,953.

OHA said the total number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 741, which is 47 fewer than on Thursday. There are 126 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is 21 fewer than on Thursday.

The new cases include:

*251 in Multnomah County

*191 in Lane County

*163 in Washington County

*137 in Jackson County

Locally OHA said there were 64 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 7,194 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon at: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/