(Portland, OR) -- Nearly half a dozen more Oregonians are dead after contracting COVID-19. The Oregon Health Authority reported five new coronavirus deaths yesterday along with one-thousand-213 new COVID-19 infections. Officials say a total of 422 people are hospitalized statewide, which is 43 more than on Tuesday. Over the last week, new cases were up 92-percent. Hospitalizations increased 75-percent and the number of deaths related to COVID-19 doubled. Test positivity is eight-point-two-percent.