Oregon Health Authority reports 1 more COVID-19 death, 557 new cases
Report: About 11% of Oregon's cases under age 18; far fewer develop severe symptoms
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- COVID-19 has claimed another life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 692, along with 557 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported Monday.
OHA reported 557 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Monday, bringing the statewide total to 45,978 cases, along with 825,922 negative test results.
The new cases reported Monday are in the following counties: Benton (1), Clackamas (93), Clatsop (3), Columbia (1), Coos (1), Crook (2), Curry (4), Deschutes (30), Douglas (6), Jackson (17), Jefferson (1), Klamath (1), Lake (1), Lane (12), Lincoln (1), Linn (11), Malheur (7), Marion (60), Multnomah (199), Polk (11), Tillamook (1), Umatilla (13), Union (1), Wasco (5), Washington (71), and Yamhill (4).
Oregon’s 692nd COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old woman in Multnomah County who tested positive on Oct .24 and died on Oct. 25, in her residence. She had underlying conditions.
Crook County has had 118 COVID-19 cases, four deaths and 3,275 negative test results, OHA reported. Deschutes County has had 1,296 cases, 13 deaths and 39,932 negative test results. Jefferson County has had 612 cases, 10 deaths and 5,850 negative test results.
St. Charles Health System reported seven COVID-19 patients as of 9:30 a.m. Monday. Four of them were in the ICU and one was on a ventilator.
OHA Updates Pediatric COVID-19 Data
OHA has updated a report analyzing the scope of pediatric COVID-19 cases in Oregon since the beginning of the pandemic. Of confirmed and presumptive cases in Oregon, 4,901 – 11.3 percent – have been pediatric patients, defined as people under age 18.
The pediatric age group most likely to be infected is people 12-17 years old.
The report noted that while pediatric case counts are higher, young people are still far less likely than adults to develop severe symptoms. Only 1.3 percent pediatric patients have been hospitalized due to COVID-19, compared to 8 percent of adults.
There are six reported cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in Oregon.
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