OHA reports 106 COVID-19 cases in Union County over MLK weekend

Published 2:45 pm Tuesday, January 18, 2022

SALEM — The Oregon Health Authority released its weekend COVID-19 report on Tuesday, Jan. 18, showing 106 new cases in Union County over the extended weekend from Jan. 14 to Jan. 17. The report indicated 58 new cases in Wallowa County during that same time frame.

The new report increased Union County’s total since the start of the pandemic to 3,975, while Wallowa County’s total increased to 937. Neither county was reported to have any deaths in the latest OHA report.

Across the state, 28,037 new confirmed and presumptive cases were reported — Oregon’s total case count is up to 541,415 since the start of COVID-19. There were 10 new deaths reported, bringing the state’s death toll to 5,893.

The report showed that 911 patients are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Oregon, with 152 patients in intensive care unit beds. There are currently 62 open adult ICU beds out of 662 in the state, while 250 adult non-ICU beds are available out of 4,107.

Oregon’s seven-day running average of vaccine doses per day stands at 15,482.

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