Coronavirus in Oregon: 1 more death reported and second highest single-day count with 158 new cases – oregonlive.com

Oregon on Saturday recorded another in a string of recent high single-day counts for new coronavirus cases -- 158 -- bringing the states total to 5,535 as one more person died from the infection.

The states death toll from the disease now stands at 174. An 87-year-old man from Umatilla County was the latest person to succumb to COVID-19. The man fell ill May 30 and died June 11 at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, the Oregon Health Authority reported.

The 158 new confirmed and presumptive coronavirus cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Its the second-highest daily count since Oregons outbreak began Feb. 28. The top four daily counts all have come this week, including 178 new cases Thursday, 146 new cases Sunday, 142 new cases Friday and 114 new cases Monday. Before this week, the highest daily count came April 4 at 100.

Public health officials attribute the increase in cases to more testing, workplace outbreaks and increased tracing of people exposed by those with known coronavirus infections.

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The newest batch of cases were in 17 of Oregons 36 counties with Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Marion, Hood River, Umatilla and Lincoln counties reporting double-digit increases:

Clackamas (17), Columbia (1), Hood River (10), Jackson (3), Jefferson (2), Lane (3), Lincoln (14), Linn (1), Malheur (1), Marion (21), Morrow (1), Multnomah (47), Polk (7), Umatilla (13), Union (2), Wasco (1), Washington (14).

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County case totals: Two counties -- Multnomah and Marion -- have more than 1,000 coronavirus cases each. Seven counties -- Washington, Clackamas, Deschutes, Lincoln, Linn, Umatilla and Polk -- have reported 100 coronavirus cases or more. Gilliam and Wheeler have reported none.

Heres the overall count -- confirmed and presumptive cases -- by county: Baker (1), Benton (63), Clackamas (472), Clatsop (46), Columbia (21), Coos (32), Crook (8), Curry (7), Deschutes (137), Douglas (29), Grant (1), Harney (1), Hood River, (81), Jackson (81), Jefferson (67), Josephine (23), Klamath (48), Lake (4), Lane (88), Lincoln (198), Linn (125), Malheur (34), Marion (1,155), Morrow (14), Multnomah (1,487), Polk (124), Sherman (1), Tillamook (6), Umatilla (170), Union (14), Wallowa (4), Wasco (39), Washington (863) and Yamhill (91).

Oregons Latino population has been disproportionately hit hard by the coronavirus. Though Latinos make up 13% of the states population, they represent at least 34% of all positive cases.

Death toll: At least 174 people have died from the virus. They are from 13 counties -- 67 people from Multnomah, 30 from Marion, 19 from Washington, 14 from Clackamas, 12 from Polk, nine from Linn, eight from Yamhill, five from Benton, four from Umatilla, three from Lane and one each from Josephine, Malheur and Wasco.

Their ages ranged from 36 to 100. Among them, 103 men have died and 71 women have died. All but four had underlying medical conditions.

The breakdown of deaths by age: ages 30-39 (1), ages 40-49 (3), ages 50-59 (8), ages 60-69 (37), ages 70-79 (48), ages 80-plus (77).

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Senior care homes: More than half of all coronavirus deaths in Oregon 92 are associated with a care center, a newsroom analysis of state data shows. More than 630 senior care home residents, staff and close contacts from more than 70 nursing, assisted and retirement homes have contracted COVID-19. One senior care home worker has died since the start of the Oregon epidemic, state data show. Officials did not say where the person worked or when they died.

Workplace outbreaks: At least 883 coronavirus infections are linked to workplace outbreaks identified by The Oregon Health Authority. Among them: The Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem (167), Pacific Seafood in Newport (127) and Townsend Farms in Fairview (56).

The Oregon Health Authority is no longer updating test, hospitalization and demographic data on weekends, so the numbers below are current as of Friday.

A total of 4,376 people received coronavirus test results Friday, down from the Thursdays count 5,038, according to figures published on the Oregon Health Authoritys website.

So far, more than 166,000 Oregonians have been tested for the illness since the state confirmed its first case on Feb. 28.

Oregons positive test rate for COVID-19 was 3.1% Friday, far below the 12% national average.

Ages: Cases are so far spread about evenly among people in their 20s (18%), people in their 30s (17%), people in their 40s (17%) and people in their 50s (16%).

The breakdown: 0-9 (114), ages 10-19 (262), ages 20-29 (954), ages 30-39 (935), ages 40-49 (920), ages 50-59 (877), ages 60-69 (627), ages 70-79 (401), ages 80-plus (282).

Gender, as of Friday: 2,772 cases are among women, or 52%, and 2,599 or 48%, are among men.

Hospitalizations: At least 875 of the states COVID-19 patients, or 16%, have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, according to the health authority.

Most -- at least 648 -- have been 50 or older.

The hospitalizations breakdown by age: 0-9 (7), ages 10-19 (4), ages 20-29 (43), ages 30-39 (67), ages 40-49 (106), ages 50-59 (156), ages 60-69 (189), ages 70-79 (177), ages 80-plus (126).

As of Friday, 69 people with confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized, including 36 in intensive care and 14 on ventilators.

Recoveries: At least 2,396 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the illness, or 44.5%, the health authority said.

Nationwide: Confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 2 million. The death toll has grown to more than 114,000 people.

-- Fedor Zarkhin; 503-221-8375

fzarkhin@oregonian.com

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