State and county public health officials on Monday said they have identified 31 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 192 the total number of cases statewide.

The Oregon Health Authority so far has reported a total of five deaths from the illness. Those deaths were reported in the following counties: Lane, Linn, Multnomah, Marion and Washington.

There are now known coronavirus cases linked to 19 of Oregon’s 36 counties: 69 in Washington County; 30 in Marion County; 21 in Multnomah County; 20 in Linn County; 14 in Clackamas County; 10 in Deschutes County; six in Yamhill County; four each in Lane and Benton counties; three in Polk County; two each in Jackson and Umatilla counties; one each in Clatsop, Hood, Douglas, Grant, Josephine, Klamath and Union counties.

People older than 55 account for 103 of the confirmed cases in Oregon, 65 are between 35 and 54, 15 are between 25 and 34, five are between 18 and 24 and four others are under 17, state figures show.

At least 56 of the state’s coronavirus patients, or 29%, have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, according to the Oregon Health Authority.

While nearly 4,000 people in the state have now received tests, according to figures published by the health authority, countless more remain unable to obtain one due limited availability.

The state reports that of the 3,840 tests administered so far, 3,649 were negative. The state did not report the number of test results that are pending.

Testing shortages are a huge problem across the nation, not only in Oregon, creating a dramatic undercount of how many people actually are infected with the virus.

-- Noelle Crombie; ncrombie@oregonian.com; 503-276-7184; @noellecrombie

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