(Portland, OR)  --  COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Oregon.  The Oregon Health Authority reported one-thousand-575 new cases yesterday along with nine new deaths.  There are now 379 people hospitalized with COVID-19, which is an increase of 39 patients since Monday.  There have been two-thousand-872 deaths and 223-thousand-364 cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began.  Vaccinations are increasing to an average of five-thousand a day.