December 21, 2021 5:00 p.m.

COVID-19 has claimed 25 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 5,559, as of Tuesday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 999 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 408,069.

OHA said the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 338, which is 14 fewer than on Monday. There are 85 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is 16 fewer than on Monday.

The new cases include:

*197 in Multnomah County

*114 in Marion County

*105 in Washington County

*84 in Clackamas County

Locally OHA said there were 27 more cases in Douglas County. Complete county by county data is available at: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/erd/pages/covid-19-news.aspx

OHA reported that 21,144 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Monday. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, by going to: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/