March 4, 2022 5:20 p.m.

COVID-19 has claimed 34 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 6,709, as of Friday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 741 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 696,715.

The new cases include:

*169 in Multnomah County

*77 in Lane County

*75 in Washington County

*67 in Jackson County

Locally OHA said there were 21 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 4,037 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Thursday. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon at: https: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/