The Oregon Health Authority’s weekly COVID-19 report released Wednesday showed a decline in weekly cases, but sharply rising hospitalizations and a high test positivity rate. OHA reported 47,361 new cases of COVID-19 during the week that ended Sunday – a 9.5% decline from last week’s pandemic high. There were 638 new COVID-19-related hospitalizations, a 45% increase over the previous week, and the highest since the Delta surge peaked at 1,036 hospitalizations. COVID-19-related deaths fell to 59, from 83 the previous week. Reported COVID-19 test results dropped 9.9% to 288,232 for the week ending January 22. Test positivity rose from 22.5% to 25%. Oregon remains well short of meeting Gov. Kate Brown’s goal of getting 1 million more people in the state a booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January. When the challenge began in mid-December, 949,749 people had received a booster dose. Since then, 469,740 Oregonians have received a booster. As of Wednesday, Oregon needs 530,260 people to get a booster to reach the goal.