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Oregon surpasses COVID-19 records for case numbers, hospitalizations and ICU beds
In the past week, Oregon has been surpassing its own benchmarks from the summer of 2020 surge of COVID-19 as the delta variant takes over.
Author: Destiny Johnson (KGW)
Published: 8/12/2021 3:51:22 PM
Updated: 3:51 PM PDT August 12, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported 2,387 presumptive and new COVID-19 cases in its daily update on Thursday, the highest number of cases the state has seen in one day since the beginning of the pandemic. It narrowly beat out Tuesday's numbers, which had been the previous record.
The total number of recorded infections since the beginning of the pandemic has risen to 236,698. With nine deaths reported Thursday, the state's death toll has climbed to 2,928.
Hospitalizations
The state has once again set a new grim record in the number of patients hospitalized. This is the third day in a row that Oregon has surpassed its own hospitalization records. On Wednesday, the record was 665 patients in the hospital with 172 of those patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds.
Officials said on Thursday there were 670 patients in the hospital with 177 of them in ICU beds. This comes two days after health officials warned of full hospitals across the state and begged Oregonians to wear masks, social distance and limit unnecessary social gatherings as the delta variant ravages the state, bringing infection and hospitalization numbers that surpass even the peak of COVID-19 in 2020...
Oregon surpasses COVID-19 records for case numbers, hospitalizations and ICU beds
In the past week, Oregon has been surpassing its own benchmarks from the summer of 2020 surge of COVID-19 as the delta variant takes over.
Author: Destiny Johnson (KGW)
Published: 8/12/2021 3:51:22 PM
Updated: 3:51 PM PDT August 12, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported 2,387 presumptive and new COVID-19 cases in its daily update on Thursday, the highest number of cases the state has seen in one day since the beginning of the pandemic. It narrowly beat out Tuesday's numbers, which had been the previous record.
The total number of recorded infections since the beginning of the pandemic has risen to 236,698. With nine deaths reported Thursday, the state's death toll has climbed to 2,928.
Hospitalizations
The state has once again set a new grim record in the number of patients hospitalized. This is the third day in a row that Oregon has surpassed its own hospitalization records. On Wednesday, the record was 665 patients in the hospital with 172 of those patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds.
Officials said on Thursday there were 670 patients in the hospital with 177 of them in ICU beds. This comes two days after health officials warned of full hospitals across the state and begged Oregonians to wear masks, social distance and limit unnecessary social gatherings as the delta variant ravages the state, bringing infection and hospitalization numbers that surpass even the peak of COVID-19 in 2020...