December 17, 2021 5:20 p.m. 

COVID-19 has claimed 5 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 5,531, as of Friday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 1,072 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 405,292.

OHA said the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 383, which is 6 fewer than on Thursday. There are 103 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is 7 more than on Thursday.

The new cases include:

*212 in Multnomah County

*144 in Columbia County

*143 in Marion County

*77 in Lane County

Locally OHA said there were 18 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 26,733 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Thursday. For more information about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, go to: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/