February 19, 2021 3:50 a.m.
The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Weekly Data Report shows sharp decreases in daily cases, and increases in hospitalizations and deaths from the previous week.
OHA reported 3,453 new daily cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, February 8th through February 14th. That is a 15 percent decrease from last week.
New COVID-19 related hospitalizations increased from 230 to 272.
COVID-19 related deaths also increased, from 65 to 114.
OHA said there were 102,112 tests for COVID-19 for the week of February 7th through February 13th, which represents a drop from the previous week. The percentage of positive tests was 3.4 percent, down from 4.2 percent the previous week. That is the lowest percentage of positive tests since Oregon implemented its test-based method in mid-November.
OHA said people age 20 to 49 still account for more than half of COVID-19 cases, while people 70 and older have accounted for 76 percent of deaths associated with the virus.
The COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak report shows 96 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.
Links to the weekly report and the outbreak report are posted: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/covid19/Documents/DataReports/COVID-19-Weekly-Report-2021-2-18-FINAL.pdf