(Portland, OR)  --  Nearly a dozen more Oregonians are dead after contracting COVID-19.  The Oregon Health Authority reported nine new coronavirus deaths yesterday, raising the state's death toll from the pandemic to two-thousand-912.  The health department also reported two-thousand-329 new cases of COVID-19.  Health officials say there are 635 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Oregon, which is the highest number so far during the pandemic.