Weekly COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations decline, July 1

The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Weekly Report, released Wednesday, shows a drop in daily cases and a decline in hospitalizations from the previous week. OHA reported 1,371 new daily cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, June 21, through Sunday, June 27. That represents a 19% decline from the previous week and the lowest case count since the week of June 15–21, 2020. New COVID-19 related hospitalizations fell from 161 to 110. There were seven reported COVID-19 related deaths, down from 26 reported the previous week. There were 60,610 tests for COVID-19 for the week of June 20 through June 26. The percentage of positive tests was 3.2%. People 70 years of age and older have accounted for 38% of COVID-19 related hospitalizations and 74% of COVID-19 related deaths. Today’s COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak Report shows 21 active COVID-19 outbreaks in senior living communities and congregate living settings, with three or more confirmed cases and one or more COVID-19 related deaths.