December 23, 2021 3:50 p.m.

COVID-19 has claimed 8 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 5,598, as of Thursday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 1,350 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 410,565.

The new cases include:

*345 in Multnomah County

*164 in Washington County

*114 in Clackamas County

*109 in Marion County

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

OHA reported that 30,693 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Wednesday. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon at: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/