COVID-19 CLAIMS 35 MORE LIVES, STATE DEATH TOLL AT 6,743, AS OF MONDAY

March 7, 2022 2:00 p.m. 

COVID-19 has claimed 35 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 6,743, as of Monday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 1,116 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 697,775. This includes data recorded by counties for the 3-day period between Friday and Sunday.

OHA said the total number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 304, which is 3 fewer than on Sunday. There are 52 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is 12 fewer than on Sunday.

The new cases include:

*220 in Multnomah County

*153 in Washington County

*103 in Lane County

*90 in Clackamas County

Locally OHA said there were 38 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 1,221 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Sunday. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon by going to: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/