Medford, OR – According to the report, the Oregon Health Authority confirmed reported 764 new COVID-19 cases.\u00a0The Oregon Health Authority also reported 8 more COVID-19 related deaths.<\/p>\n
The case count was lower than expected because of a server outage that affected the state\u2019s database. The count was expected to return to normal by Thursday.<\/p>\n
After three weeks of declining case counts, that number rose by 17% for the week ending Sunday, though reported deaths dropped by 13 from the previous week, a 15% decrease.<\/p>\n
According to the statistics, December was by far the deadliest month of the pandemic in Oregon with nearly 470 fatalities.<\/p>\n
The state also reported that more than 2,800 people had received their first dose of the vaccine, still well below the 12,000 doses per day.<\/p>\n
As of Wednesday, more than 60,000 doses had been administered, but nearly 75% of the doses delivered to the state, some 225,000, had yet to make it into the arms of the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Medford, OR – According to the report, the Oregon Health Authority confirmed reported 764 new COVID-19 cases.\u00a0The Oregon Health Authority also reported 8 more COVID-19 related deaths. The case count was lower than expected because of a server outage that affected the state\u2019s database. The count was expected to return to normal by Thursday. After three weeks of declining case counts, that number rose by 17% for the week ending Sunday, though reported deaths dropped by 13 from the previous week, a 15% decrease. According to the statistics, December was by far the deadliest month of the pandemic in Oregon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n