(Portland, OR)  --  Oregon's average number of new COVID-19 cases is down for the second week in a row.  The Oregon Health Authority reports the number of new cases is down 12-percent from the previous week.  COVID-19 hospitalizations also declined from 272 to 245.  The number of positive tests was six-point-one-percent.  There were 31 deaths, which nearly doubled the previous week's total.