The Oregon Health Authority reported six COVID-19 deaths and 733 coronavirus cases on Thursday, raising the state’s case line higher.
Oregon is recording an average of about 600 cases a day over the past week, more than 50% more than two weeks ago. Thursday’s reported test positivity rate was 4.1%, slightly below the weekly average.
More than 1.5 million Oregonians have now been partially or completely vaccinated against COVID-19. But government officials have identified more variants of the coronavirus and set up a race to vaccinate residents before spreading more infectious infections.
Vaccines: Oregon reported 44,971 newly administered doses, including Wednesday, 29,445 and the remainder of previous days.
Where the new cases are by country: Baker (16), Benton (18), Clackamas (63), Clatsop (3), Columbia (10), Coos (9), Crook (5), Curry (3), Deschutes (53), Douglas (10), Grant (1), Hood River (6), Jackson (34), Jefferson (5), Josephine (13), Klamath (46), Lane (74), Lincoln (6), Linn (23), Malheur (2) , Marion (56), Morrow (1), Multnomah (120), Polk (22), Tillamook (3), Umatilla (9), Union (3), Wasco (8), Washington (98) and Yamhill (13) .
Who is dead: Oregon’s 2,450th COVID-19 death is a 93-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive on Jan. 14 and died in her home on April 9. Her death certificate cited COVID-19 as a cause or significant condition contributing to the death.
The 2,451 deaths are a 71-year-old Baker County woman who tested positive on April 7 and died on April 14 at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center.
Oregon’s 2,452th death is a 62-year-old man in Clackamas County who tested positive on March 22 and on April 5 in Providence St. Vincent Medical Center died.
The 2,453 deaths are a 52-year-old Jackson County man who tested positive on March 24 and died on April 14 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.
Oregon’s 2,454 deaths is an 82-year-old man from Linn County who tested positive on March 24 and died on April 8 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center in Riverbend.
The 2,455 deaths are an 89-year-old man in Polk County who tested positive on March 31 and died on April 13 at Salem Hospital.
Each person had underlying medical conditions, or officials were determining if the person had health conditions.
Hospitalizations: 195 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 are admitted to hospital, which is less than Wednesday. This includes 53 people in intensive care, one as of Wednesday.
Since it started: Oregon reported 172,931 confirmed or suspected infections and 2,455 deaths, one of the lowest per capita numbers in the country. To date, the state has administered 2,399,856 doses, vaccinating 966,834 people in full and 549,755 people.
Visit https://projects.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/ to see more data and trends
– Brad Schmidt; [email protected]; 503-294-7628; @_brad_schmidt