SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Government Kate Brown on Tuesday announced updates on the province’s risk levels under the state’s public health framework to reduce the transmission and protection of Oregonians against COVID-19, and it brought back ten counties, including Crook and Jefferson. the ‘high risk’ level due to deteriorating case numbers.
The framework uses four different levels of risk for provinces based on COVID-19 distribution – Extreme risk, high risk, moderate risk and lower risk – and assigns health and safety measures for each level.
From 23 April to 6 May, there will be 23 high-risk provinces, three with moderate risks and 10 with lower risk. As the number of cases and hospitalizations increases and provinces are eligible for higher risk levels, increased security measures for businesses and activities will be resumed.
The ten counties that have switched to the high-risk category are: Baker, Clatsop, Columbia, Crook, Jefferson, Lane, Polk, Wasco, Washington and Yamhill.
A complete list of provinces and the associated risk levels is available here.
“As we encounter more infectious variants and the greater spread of COVID-19 in our communities, the best way to protect yourself and others is to be vaccinated,” Brown said. vaccinated, it is also critical that we all continue to wear masks, maintain physical distance and stay home when we are sick.
Statistics throughout the hospital for determining the extreme risk
For provinces to go to extreme risk (or stay there), they must meet the provincial criteria for cases and percentage positivity, plus statistics for the entire hospitalization: COVID-19 positive patients occupying 300 hospital beds or more, and an increase of 15% seven days hospitalization on average over the past week. This week, there are 11 counties that are eligible for extreme risks based on their country statistics, but are assigned a high risk because the nationwide hospitalization triggers have not been met: Baker, Clackamas, Columbia, Crook, Deschutes, Jackson , Josephine, Klamath, Linn, Marion and Polk.
Three provinces take a two-week warning period
The two-week warning period applies to provinces moving backwards. Countries that have reduced their COVID-19 have spread enough to lower the risk level in the previous two-week period, but see that their numbers increase again in the next two weeks, get a two-week warning period to refocus attempts to drive back sneaky case numbers and give local businesses extra certainty about their plans for operation. This warning period applies this week to three provinces:
- Grant County qualifies for high risk, but gets a two-week warning period at lower risk because it moves downward from moderate risk in the last moving period.
- Malheur County qualifies for moderate risk, but gets a two-week warning period at lower risk because it moves downward from moderate risk in the last movement period.
- Umatilla County qualifies for high risk, but gets a two-week warning period on moderate risk because it dropped from high risk in the last movement period.
The Oregon Health Authority will examine and publish rural data weekly. Rural risk levels will be reassigned every two weeks. The data from the first week provide a “warning week” to prepare provinces for possible changes at risk level. The next allocation of risk levels will be announced on 4 May and will take effect on 7 May.
Updates to the country’s alert week data and risk levels will be posted on coronavirus.oregon.gov.