May 6, 2021 4:00 a.m.

The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 weekly report shows decreases in daily cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the previous week.

OHA reported 5,557 new daily cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, April 26th through Sunday, May 2nd. That represents a 3 percent decrease from the previous week.

New COVID-19 related hospitalizations fell to 272, down from 333 last week.

OHA said reported COVID-19 related deaths fell to 16, down from 26 last week.

There were 110,134 tests for COVID-19 for the week of April 25th through May 1st. That was a decrease of 18 percent from last week. The percentage of positive tests rose from 6.0 percent to 6.8 percent.

People 70 years of age and older have accounted for 39 percent of COVID-19 related hospitalizations and 76 percent of COVID-19 related deaths.

The new COVID-19 weekly outbreak report shows 42 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/COVID-19-Weekly-Outbreak-Report-2021-5-5-FINAL.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery