(Update: weekly report added: cases drop, deaths rise)
Vaccinations given all over the top 253K
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – There are 11 new deaths related to COVID-19 in Oregon, which increases the death toll from the state to 1843, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
OHA also reported 849 new confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 Thursday, bringing the state to 135,973.
Vaccinations in Oregon
OHA reported Thursday that 14,951 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 8 699 vaccine doses were administered on Wednesday and 6 252 on previous days, but were entered in the vaccine register on Wednesday.
It can take a few days to complete the total daily totals, as suppliers have 72 hours to report doses and technical challenges have caused many suppliers to lag behind in their reporting. OHA provided technical support to vaccination sites to improve the timeliness of their data entry into the state’s ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS).
Oregon has now administered a cumulative total of 253,711 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. All vaccinations were administered by Oregon hospitals, long-term care agencies, emergency medical services agencies (EMS), emergency care facilities, and local public health authorities (LPHAs).
To date, 479,325 doses of vaccine have been delivered to sites in Oregon.
These data are provisional and subject to change. OHA’s dashboards contain regularly updated vaccination data and Oregon’s dashboard was updated Thursday.
The St. Charles Health System reported from early Thursday that 8,058 vaccinations had been given against COVID-19.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 329, which is seven less than Wednesday. There are 87 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, three less than Wednesday.
The total number of patients in hospital beds may vary between check-in times. The numbers do not reflect admissions per day, nor the duration of the hospital. Staff constraints are not captured in this data and may further limit bed capacity.
More information on hospital capacity can be found here.
St. Charles Bend reported 23 COVID-19 patients at 4 a.m. Thursday, three of whom were in the ICU, all on ventilators.
Weekly cases of COVID-19 decrease, deaths increase
OHA’s weekly report COVID-19 was released on Thursday and showed a slight decrease in daily cases and a sharp decrease in positive tests.
OHA reported 7,860 new daily cases during the week from Monday, January 11th to Sunday, January 17th, a decrease of 4% compared to the previous week.
There were 332 people admitted to the hospital for COVID-19.
COVID-19-related deaths rose to 195, the highest weekly toll to date, following a previous pandemic of the previous week.
There were 129,723 tests for COVID-19 for the week of January 10-16. The percentage of positive tests dropped to 5.9%.
People aged 20 to 49 years accounted for 54% of COVID-19 cases, while people aged 70 and older accounted for 77% of deaths associated with the virus.
Friday’s COVID-19 outbreak report shows 208 active COVID-19 outbreaks in senior living communities and congregational living conditions, with three or more confirmed cases and one or more COVID-19 deaths.
Pediatric report released
OHA on Thursday released a report analyzing the case data of COVID-19 cases in Oregon since the beginning of the pandemic.
On January 5, there were 119,488 confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 in Oregon. Pediatric patients – defined as people under 18 years of age – accounted for 13,328, or 11.2%, of the total cases. There were seven cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
At the end of October and mid-November, there was a daily drastic increase in COVID-19 pediatric cases, and the effects of slight effects were towards the end of 2020.
The report indicates that the number of cases of children has increased, but that pediatric patients are much less likely to develop severe cases of COVID-19.
Only 0.9% of pediatric patients were admitted to their COVID-19 hospital at some point. Comparatively, 6.2% of adults with COVID-19 were hospitalized.
Matters and deaths
The newly confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday are in the following provinces: Baker (4), Benton (24), Clackamas (71), Clatsop (7), Columbia (1), Coos (10) , Crook (2)), Deschutes (32), Douglas (22), Gilliam (1), Harney (1), Hood River (8), Jackson (42), Jefferson (6), Josephine (21), Klamath ( 18), Lake (1), Lane (97), Lincoln (11), Linn (23), Malheur (18), Marion (87), Morrow (11), Multnomah (123), Polk (18), Tillamook ( 1), Umatilla (35), Union (6), Wallowa (1), Wasco (11), Washington (110), Yamhill (26).
Oregon’s 1,833 COVID-19 deaths is a 78-year-old woman in Clackamas County who tested positive on Jan. 6 and died Jan. 14 in her home. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 1834th COVID 19 death is a 94-year-old woman in Jackson County who died on Dec. 28 in her home. The death certificate mentioned the COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to the death. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 1835th COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old man in Jackson County who died on January 3 in his residence. The death certificate mentioned the COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to the death. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 1,836th COVID-19 death is a 79-year-old woman in Jackson County who tested positive on Dec. 26 and died Jan. 17 in her home. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 1,837th COVID-19 death is a 77-year-old man in Jackson County who tested positive on Dec. 28 and died in his home on Dec. 31. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 1,838th COVID-19 death is a 100-year-old woman in Jackson County who tested positive on Dec. 22 and died in her home on Jan. 10. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 1,839th COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old woman in Lane County who tested positive on Dec. 21 and died Jan. 17 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center – Riverbend. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 1840th COVID-19 death is a 69-year-old man in Lane County who tested positive on Dec. 9 and died Jan. 17 at McKenzie Willamette Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 1841st COVID-19 death is a 65-year-old man in Lane County who tested positive on Dec. 6 and died on Jan. 20 at Oregon Health Science University. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 1,842nd COVID-19 death is a 52-year-old woman in Washington County who tested positive on Jan. 3 and died Jan. 6 at Hillsboro Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 1,843nd COVID 19 death is a 66-year-old woman in Yamhill County who tested positive on Jan. 6 and died Jan. 17 in her home. She had underlying conditions.
Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations
For more information on the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit OHA’s Web site, which contains a breakdown of distribution and other useful information.