The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Weekly Report, released Wednesday, shows continued increases in daily cases, hospitalizations and deaths. OHA reported 16,252 new cases of COVID-19 during the week that ended Sunday, representing a 10% increase over the previous week and the eighth consecutive week of increases. There were 1,000 new COVID-19 hospitalizations, up from 601 last week. That also marked the eighth consecutive week of increases. There were 119 reported COVID-19 related deaths, up from 87 reported the previous week and the highest weekly death toll since January 2021. There were 160,605 tests for COVID-19 for the week that ended Saturday. The percentage of positive tests increased to 12.4%.