March 1, 2022 3:10 p.m. 

COVID-19 has claimed 26 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 6,648, as of Tuesday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 741 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 694,649.

OHA said the total number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 460, which is 19 fewer than on Monday. There are 74 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is 10 fewer than on Monday.

The new cases include:

*108 in Multnomah County

*73 in Washington County

*62 in Lane County

*57 in Marion County

Locally OHA said there were 35 new cases in Douglas County. County by county data is linked: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/erd/pages/covid-19-news.aspx

OHA reported that 6,098 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/