SALEM — The Oregon Health Authority reported 1,517 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths in its latest report on Friday, Oct. 22.

Union County recorded one new COVID-19 death on the morning report, bringing the county’s total 50 since the start of the pandemic. An 84-year-old woman from Union County died on Sept. 25. OHA reported that COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 was listed as a cause of death or significant contribution to death on the death certificate. Underlying conditions are being confirmed.

The update brings the state’s death toll to 4,284, while the total case count since the start of the pandemic is up to 357,526.

There were 11 new cases reported in Union County on the latest update and none reported in Wallowa County. The new cases, combined with yesterday’s  report, bring the case total to 3,195 in Union County and 686 in Wallowa County since the start of the pandemic.

The most recent breakthrough case report from OHA showed that 76.5% of the 6,446 COVID-19 cases from Oct. 10 through Oct. 16 were from unvaccinated individuals. There were a total of 1,977 breakthrough cases in the report.

Across Oregon, there are currently 537 patients hospitalized with COVID-19. There are 45 available adult ICU beds out of 703 and 280 open adult non-ICU beds out of 4,097.

The state’s seven-day running average of vaccine doses per day stands at 9,133.