March 8, 2022 5:00 p.m.

COVID-19 has claimed 29 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 6,772, as of Tuesday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 397 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 698,127.

OHA said the total number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 291, which is 13 fewer than on Monday. There are 50 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is 2 fewer than on Monday.

The new cases include:

*57 in Multnomah County

*34 in Washington County

*33 in Lane County

*28 in Marion County

Locally OHA said there were 19 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 3,216 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 at: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/