SALEM — The Oregon Health Authority on Friday reported more than two dozen new cases of the novel coronavirus across nine counties, bringing the number of confirmed COVID-19 patients in the state to 114 as testing dramatically expanded.

Residents from Clackamas (4), Deschutes (2), Grant (1), Linn (1), Marion (4), Multnomah (5), Union (1), Washington (6) and Yamhill (2) counties tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, state health officials said.

During that time, nearly 700 new people were tested for coronavirus — more than double the 300 who underwent tests the previous day, according to figures published on the health authority’s website.

As of a week ago, a total of 524 Oregonians had been tested for the virus. Since then, the availability of state testing outside the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory has ramped up substantially, with private labs, such as Quest and LabCorp and hospitals like Providence Health & Services in Portland increasing capacity.

Still, many Oregonians who have exhibited coronavirus symptoms — such as fever, dry cough and trouble breathing — remain unable to be tested because of limited supplies.

There are now known coronavirus cases linked to 16 of Oregon’s 36 counties: 31 in Washington County; 19 in Linn County; 17 in Marion County; 12 in Multnomah County; 10 in Clackamas County; eight in Deschutes County; four in Yamhill County; two each in Benton, Jackson, Lane and Umatilla counties, and; one each in Douglas, Grant, Klamath, Polk and Union counties.

People older than 55 account for 66 of the confirmed cases in Oregon, 34 are between 35 and 54, six are between 25 and 34, four are between 18 and 24 and four others are under 17, state figures show.

Three people — two men in their 70s and a woman in her 60s — have died from the virus in Oregon. All of them, who have not been publicly identified, had underlying medical conditions, state health officials said.

In the last day, 674 more people have tested negative for coronavirus, while another 433 are awaiting results, according to the Oregon Health Authority.

To date, 2,550 people in Oregon have undergone testing, up from 1,854 on Thursday.