COVID-19 CLAIMS 3 MORE LIVES, STATE DEATH TOLL AT 2,533, AS OF MONDAY

May 10, 2021 2:20 p.m. 

COVID-19 has claimed 3 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 2,533, as of Monday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 388 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 191,774. The new cases include:

*76 each in Clackamas and Multnomah counties

*45 in Marion County

*24 in Lane County

*23 in Linn County

*21 in Benton County

*12 in Columbia County

*8 in Jackson County

*7 in Josephine County

*6 each in Douglas and Yamhill counties

*4 each in Clatsop and Washington counties

*3 each in Crook, Harney, and Polk counties

*2 each in Hood River and Tillamook counties

*1 each in Baker, Coos, and Wasco counties

The new deaths ranged in age from 63 to 90. 1 each lived in Multnomah, Lane and Josephine counties

OHA said the total number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients across Oregon is 326, which is 8 more than on Sunday. There are 78 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is 2 more than on Sunday.

OHA reported that 28,659 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry. Of those, 22,263 doses were administered on Sunday. 6,396 were administered on previous days, but were added into the vaccine registry on Sunday.

To learn more about the vaccine situation in Oregon, go to: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/