Ore. virus tally 2nd-highest

New restrictions planned for at least five counties this week

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon health officials reported 874 new coronavirus cases Sunday, the second-highest daily total of the pandemic following a record 988 cases on Saturday.

One new death was recorded Sunday, The Oregonian reported. At least 730 residents have died of the coronavirus and the total number of infections has surpassed 49,500.

Oregon’s totals come as the U.S. set another record for the daily number of coronavirus cases Saturday, reporting more than 126,000 positive cases and more than 1,000 deaths, according to the most recent data from Johns Hopkins University. It was the fourth day in a row with new cases surpassing 100,000.

State officials plan new restrictions in at least five counties starting Wednesday.

The restrictions include halting visitations to long-term-care facilities, reducing the capacity of indoor dining at restaurants to 50 people, encouraging all businesses to mandate work from home and urging Oregonians not to gather with people who do not live in their household, but if they do, to limit it to six people. In other developments:

■ For the third consecutive day, New Mexico health officials reported nearly 1,300 additional COVID-19 cases on Sunday. They also reported 14 additional deaths.

State Department of Health officials said there was 1,214 new coronavirus cases Sunday.

■ Utah health authorities on Sunday announced a new high in the number of coronavirus hospitalizations as well as 2,386 more COVID-19 cases as the pandemic surges in the state.

Some 424 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Sunday, according to a statement issued by Charla Haley, a spokesperson with the Utah Department of Health.

Utah’s seven-day average of new daily cases has reached a record 2,290. In the past two weeks, Utah’s positivity average — the percentage of coronavirus tests that are positive — has increased from 18.5 percent to 20.6 percent, according to state data.

■ Texas on Sunday reported 5,404 new cases of the coronavirus, with almost 2,000 of those cases coming from the hard-hit El Paso area, state health officials said.

The state’s total number of cases since the pandemic began is nearing 1 million, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, which puts the number of cases at more than 985,000.

■ The Minnesota Department of Health on Sunday reported an increase of 5,924 positive tests of the coronavirus, a single-day high in the state that ranks 12th in the country for new cases per capita in the last two weeks.