December 16, 2021 3:00 p.m. 

COVID-19 has claimed 19 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 5,527, as of Thursday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 909 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 404,229.

OHA said the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 389, which is 9 more than on Wednesday. There are 96 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is 2 more than on Wednesday.

The new cases include:

*133 in Multnomah County

*121 in Washington County

*88 in Clackamas County

*76 in Marion County

Locally OHA said there were 25 new cases in Douglas County. For complete county by county data, go to: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/erd/pages/covid-19-news.aspx

OHA reported that 28,283 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Wednesday. For more information about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, go to: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/