(Portland, OR) -- Nearly three-dozen more Oregonians are dead after contracting COVID-19. The Oregon Health Authority reported 35 new coronavirus deaths yesterday along with one-thousand-160 new infections. Hospitalizations continue to decline. Officials say 579 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 statewide, which is 18 less than on Tuesday. There have been six-thousand-519 deaths and 690-thousand-481 cases of COVID-19 in Oregon since the pandemic began.