Coronavirus update: Lane County COVID cases fall 15.6%; Oregon cases plummet 11.9%
Oregon reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding 3,728 new cases. That's down 11.9% from the previous week's tally of 4,231 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Oregon ranked 38th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 4.7% from the week before, with 507,209 cases reported. With 1.27% of the country's population, Oregon had 0.74% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, three states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
The Labor Day holiday may have altered how many people can get tested and when, and when governments report testing results and deaths. This will skew week-to-week comparisons.
Lane County reported 276 cases and five deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 327 cases and seven deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 72,214 cases and 618 deaths.
Across Oregon, cases fell in 23 counties, with the best declines in Marion County, with 255 cases from 357 a week earlier; in Multnomah County, with 771 cases from 852; and in Washington County, with 532 cases from 608.
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Within Oregon, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Wheeler County with 375 cases per 100,000 per week; Grant County with 153; and Josephine County with 152. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.
Adding the most new cases overall were Multnomah County, with 771 cases; Washington County, with 532 cases; and Clackamas County, with 364. Weekly case counts rose in nine counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Josephine, Wasco and Klamath counties.
In Oregon, 44 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 44 people were reported dead.
A total of 883,368 people in Oregon have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 8,471 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 95,250,705 people have tested positive and 1,050,323 people have died.
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Oregon's COVID-19 hospital admissions falling
USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday.
Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
Last week: 679
The week before that: 714
Four weeks ago: 826
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
Last week: 60,585
The week before that: 61,376
Four weeks ago: 69,436
Hospitals in 16 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 22 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 19 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.
The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.
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