(Portland, OR) -- Oregon is marking a grim new milestone in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Oregon Health Authority says the state has now surpassed six-thousand deaths from COVID-19. The agency reported 54 new deaths yesterday, raising Oregon's death toll to six-thousand-48. The health authority also reported eight-thousand-207 new cases of COVID-19. Officials say weekly cases have started to decline, but hospitalizations are up 45-percent with one-thousand-61 people hospitalized with coronavirus. Deaths also declined over the last week.