The Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday reported five new deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the toll to 169, as known cases climbed to 4,988.
Three Marion County men — ages 60, 70 and 96 — as well as a 78-year-old Multnomah County man and 96-year-old Clackamas County man were the latest people to succumb to the illness, health officials said. All had underlying medical conditions.
In the last 24 hours, the state recorded 70 new confirmed and presumptive coronavirus cases.
They were in 10 of Oregon’s 36 counties: Benton (1), Clackamas (16), Columbia (1), Hood River (6), Lincoln (2), Marion (8), Multnomah (27), Polk (1), Union (1), Washington (7).
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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.
Here’s the overall count — confirmed and presumptive cases — by county: Baker (1), Benton (63), Clackamas (393), Clatsop (45), Columbia (17), Coos (32), Crook (6), Curry (7), Deschutes (134), Douglas (29), Grant (1), Harney (1), Hood River, (65), Jackson (71), Jefferson (58), Josephine (23), Klamath (46), Lake (2), Lane (81), Lincoln (157), Linn (124), Malheur (33), Marion (1,066), Morrow (13), Multnomah (1,329), Polk (104), Sherman (1), Tillamook (6), Umatilla (144), Union (7), Wallowa (3), Wasco (34), Washington (807) and Yamhill (85).
Death toll: At least 169 people have died from the virus. They are from 13 counties — 66 people from Multnomah, 30 from Marion, 18 from Washington, 13 from Clackamas, 12 from Polk, nine from Linn, seven from Yamhill, five from Benton, three from Umatilla, three from Lane, one each from Josephine, Malheur and Wasco.
Their ages ranged from 36 to 100. Among them, 99 men have died and 70 women have died. All but three 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 (35), ages 70-79 (48), ages 80-plus (74).
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Senior care homes: More than half of all coronavirus deaths in Oregon — 90 — are associated with a care center, a newsroom analysis of state data shows. Nearly 600 senior care home residents, staff and close contacts from at least 69 nursing, assisted and retirement homes have contracted COVID-19.
Testing: Another 3,738 people received coronavirus test results in the last day, according to figures published on the Oregon Health Authority’s website.
So far, 153,470 Oregonians have been tested for the illness since the state confirmed its first case on Feb. 28.
Ages: Cases are so far spread evenly among people in their 20s (17%), people in their 30s (17%), people in their 40s (17%) and people in their 50s (16%).
The breakdown: 0-9 (96), ages 10-19 (228), ages 20-29 (866), ages 30-39 (863), ages 40-49 (855), ages 50-59 (815), ages 60-69 (600), ages 70-79 (384), ages 80-plus (275).
Gender: 2,564 cases are among women, or 52%, and 2,417, or 48%, are among men.
Hospitalizations: At least 851 of the state’s COVID-19 patients, or 17%, have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, according to the health authority.
Most — at least 633 — have been 50 or older.
The hospitalizations breakdown by age: 0-9 (7), ages 10-19 (4), ages 20-29 (41), ages 30-39 (63), ages 40-49 (102), ages 50-59 (148), ages 60-69 (185), ages 70-79 (174), ages 80-plus (126).
Currently, 63 people with confirmed coronavirus cases are hospitalized, including 30 in intensive care and 16 on ventilators.
Recoveries: At least 2,332 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the illness, or 47%, the health authority said.
Nationwide: Confirmed coronavirus cases stood at nearly 2 million. The death toll climbed past 111,000.
— Shane Dixon Kavanaugh; 503-294-7632
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