LA GRANDE — Union County had 22 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, the Oregon Health Authority reported on Monday, Nov. 1, while Wallowa County added four new cases to its total in the same timeframe. The new cases move Union County’s total to 3,268, and Wallowa County’s count moves to 705. Neither county reported a new death, with those numbers remaining at 50 and 12, respectively.

October concludes with Union County adding 312 cases of COVID-19, and 123 being reported in Wallowa County.

In the state, there were, 2,569 cases and five deaths reported by OHA over the weekend, with the statewide pandemic counts now at 367,610 cases and 4,377 deaths. 

The OHA also reported 10,364 new vaccine doses on Oct. 31, with the seven-day running average of doses now at 15,236.

There were 540 people in Oregon hospitalized with COVID-19 at the time of the report, and 114 of them were in the intensive care unit. The state shows 65 ICU beds available out of 690, and 355 non-ICU beds available out of 4,101 total. 

Region 9, which includes Union and Wallowa counties, had reported 20 or fewer COVID-19 hospitalizations from Oct. 21-29, but on Monday was up to 28 hospitalizations. Currently, the region has seven ICU beds and 52 non-ICU beds available.

Union County’s vaccination rate of those 18 and older is 57.2%. In Wallowa County, it’s 66.8%.