November 13, 2020 3:40 a.m.
The Oregon Health Authority has released its COVID-19 Weekly Report which showed that during the week of November 2th-8th, OHA recorded 5,177 new cases of COVID-19 infection, up 46 percent from last week’s tally of 3,542.
The report said this is the third consecutive week that daily case counts set a record high for the pandemic. The number of newly tested Oregonians rose to 34,307 and the percentage of positive tests rose sharply to 11.9 percent.
42 Oregonians were reported to have died in association with COVID-19. That compares to 37 the previous week. 212 were hospitalized. People aged 20 to 49 accounted for the largest percentage of infection at 55 percent, despite accounting for 39 percent of the total population. People under age 30 accounted for 37 percent of the cases.
The report said people over age 80 accounted for 51 percent of COVID-19 associated deaths while people over age 70 accounted for 74 percent of the deaths tied to COVID-19.
The weekly report is posted with this story at www.541radio.com