The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Weekly Report, released Wednesday, shows a fifth consecutive week of surging daily cases and surging hospitalizations from the previous week.  The OHA reported 5,729 new daily cases of COVID-19 during the week that ended Sunday.  That represents a 21% increase from the previous week and marks the fifth consecutive week of 20% or higher increases in daily cases.  New COVID-19 related hospitalizations nearly doubled from 171 to 333.  There were 26 reported COVID-19 related deaths.  There were 133,563 tests for COVID-19 for the week of April 18 through April 24.  The percentage of positive tests was 6%.  People 70 years of age and older have accounted for 39% of COVID-19 related hospitalizations and 76% of COVID-19 related deaths.