(Portland, OR)  --  Nearly three-dozen more Oregonians are dead after contracting COVID-19.  The Oregon Health Authority confirmed 33 new coronavirus deaths yesterday along with 544 new cases of COVID-19.  There are currently 163 people hospitalized with the virus, which is down 14 patients from the previous day.  Oregon has now seen two-thousand-427 deaths and over 167-thousand cases since the pandemic began.