The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Weekly Report shows continued increases in daily cases, hospitalizations and deaths. OHA reported 14,800 new cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, Aug. 15 through Sunday, Aug. 22. That represents a 16% increase over the previous week. There were 601 new COVID-19 hospitalizations, up from 546 last week. That marked the seventh consecutive week of increases. There were 87 reported COVID-19 related deaths, up from 46 reported the previous week.
There were 149,836 tests for COVID-19 for the week of Aug. 15 through Aug. 21. The percentage of positive tests increased to 12.3%, up from 11.8% reported the previous week. Wednesday’s COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak Report shows 103 active COVID-19 outbreaks in senior living communities and congregate living settings, with three or more confirmed cases and one or more COVID-19 related deaths.
As of Wednesday, there were 20 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,086. Oregon Health Authority reported 2,777 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the state total to 263,164.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 1,080, which is 80 more than the day prior. There are 295 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is 12 more than day prior. There are 44 available adult ICU beds out of 662 total (7% availability) and 320 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,256 (8% availability).
As of Wednesday, 72 COVID-19 patients are being cared for at St. Charles, with 14 on ventilators.
