The Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday announced 517 new cases of COVID-19, along with 38 new deaths, increasing the death toll from the coronavirus in the state to 2,094.
The new cases come because four people in Oregon tested positive for COVID-19, even though they were fully vaccinated and enough time had elapsed to get their second doses fully effective, public health officials announced Friday.
Oregon is one of the first states in the country to identify such so-called “breakthrough cases” where people who are considered immune are now sick with the disease. Since the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are presumably almost 94% or 95% effective, the breakthrough cases were not ‘unexpected’, said dr. Sidelinger, state epidemiologist, said.
State health officials are taking samples taken from the four people who were fully vaccinated and tested positive. They had no symptoms or mild symptoms.
The snow in the Portland area has forced the state to close the masses of COVID-19 vaccination sites Friday and Saturday and the Portland International Airport or Saturday and Sunday at the Oregon Convention Center. More than 12,000 Oregonians would be vaccinated at these two sites and would be contacted by staff to reschedule them for a later date.
Where the new business is by country: Benton (31), Clackamas (43), Clatsop (1), Columbia (3), Coos (8), Crook (5), Curry (5), Deschutes (32), Douglas (18), Harney (3) , Hood River (2), Jackson (35), Jefferson (11), Josephine (16), Klamath (10), Lake (7), Lane (48), Lincoln (4), Linn (13), Marion (59 ), Morrow (4), Multnomah (57), Polk (13), Tillamook (1), Umatilla (19), Union (3), Wallowa (2), Wasco (1), Washington (50) and Yamhill (13 ).
Who died: Deaths are being reviewed and will be announced later, the health authority said.
The incidence of infections: On Friday, the state reported 622 new positive tests out of 19,326 tests performed, which equates to a 3.2% positivity rate.
Who became infected: New confirmed or suspected infections grew among the following age groups: 0-9 (17); 10-19 (126); 20-29 (90); 30-39 (79); 40-49 (69); 50-59 (62); 60-69 (48); 70-79 (35); 80 and older (9).
Who is in the hospital: The state reported that 202 Oregonians with confirmed coronavirus infections were hospitalized Friday, seven less than Thursday. Of these, 48 coronavirus patients were in intensive care units, two less than on Thursday.
Vaccines administered: Oregon administered 649,602 first and second doses from 884,275 receipts, which is approximately 73.5% of its supply. Oregon reported 25,772 newly administered doses, including 16,877 Thursday and the remainder of previous days.
Since it started: Oregon reported 149,576 confirmed or suspected infections and 2,094 deaths, one of the lowest per capita numbers in the country. To date, the state has reported more than 3,383,703 laboratory reports of tests.
– Jaimie Ding
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