COVID-19 CLAIMS 15 MORE LIVES, STATE DEATH TOLL AT 6,885, AS OF MONDAY

March 14, 2022 3:00 p.m.

COVID-19 has claimed 15 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 6,885, as of Monday.

An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 775 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 699,960. The new cases included data recorded by counties for the three-day period between Friday and Sunday.

OHA said the total number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 248, which is five fewer than on Sunday. There are 38 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is one fewer than on Sunday.

The new cases include:

*167 in Multnomah County

*104 in Clackamas County

*90 in Washington County

*82 in Lane County

Locally OHA said there were 15 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 2,063 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Sunday. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon at: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/