Oregon reports 2 more deaths related to COVID-19, 455 new cases

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – There are two new deaths related to COVID-19 in Oregon, which increases the death toll from the state to 2,208, the Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday.

OHA also reported 455 new confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday, bringing the state to 155,315.

Vaccinations in Oregon

OHA reported that 32,288 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines were added to the state immunization registry on Saturday. Of this total, 24,926 doses were administered on Friday and 7,362 were administered the previous days, but were entered in the vaccine register on Friday.

It may take a few days to complete the cumulative daily totals, as providers have 72 hours to report doses, and technical challenges have left many providers lagging behind in their reporting. OHA has 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 943,692 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 1,194,495 doses of vaccine have been delivered at locations in Oregon.

These data are provisional and subject to change. OHA’s dashboards contain regularly updated vaccination data, and Oregon’s dashboard was updated Saturday.

COVID-19 hospitalizations

The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 148, which is four less than Friday. There are 31 COVID-19 patients in intensive care (ICU) beds, three less than on Friday.

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 restrictions are not captured in this data and may further limit bed capacity.

More information on hospital capacity can be found here.

Matters and deaths

The newly confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday are in the following provinces: Baker (6), Benton (7), Clackamas (35), Columbia (13), Coos (42), Curry (2) , Deschutes (14)), Douglas (16), Hood River (4), Jackson (67), Jefferson (4), Josephine (9), Klamath (5), Lake (1), Lane (29), Lincoln ( 2), Linn (9), Malheur (7), Marion (43), Morrow (1), Multnomah (32), Polk (12), Umatilla (12), Union (3), Wasco (1), Washington ( 73), Yamhill (6).

Oregon’s 2,207th COVID-19 death is a 92-year-old man in Jackson County who tested positive on Feb. 22 and died Feb. 25 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,208th COVID-19 death is a 61-year-old man in Josephine County who tested positive on Jan. 13 and died Feb. 15 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.

County	Total cases 1	Total deaths 2
Baker	656	7
Looking forward to	2,335	16
Clackamas	13,357	175
Clatsop	775	6
Columbia	1 261	21
Coos	1 482	19
Thief	775	18
Curry	426	6
Delay	5 946	59
Douglas	2,463	54
Gilliam	53	1
Award	222	1
Harney	273	6
Hood river	1 068	29
Jackson	8,377	112
Jefferson	1 955	28
Josephine	2,337	50
Klamath	2,789	55
More	375	6
Lane	10 224	126
Lincoln	1,131	20
Linn	3,586	56
Malheur	3 350	58
Marion	18,416	285
Tomorrow	1 047	14
Multnomah	31 853	528
Polk	3,053	42
Sherman	53	0
Tillamook	414	2
Umatilla	7 651	82
Union	1 284	19
Wallowa	142	4
Wasco	1 221	26
Washington	21,170	212
Wheeler	22	1
Yamhill	3 773	64
Statewide	155,315	2 208

1 This includes cases confirmed by diagnostic testing and suspicion. Suspected cases are those without a positive diagnostic test who have COVID-19-like symptoms and have had close contact with a confirmed case. Country of residence for business may change as new information becomes available. If changes occur, we will update our numbers accordingly.

2 Consult our press releases for more information on individuals who died of COVID-19 in Oregon.

Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) was received on 26 February 2021

County	Negative Els	Positive ELRs	Total ELRs	Percentive positivity
Baker	14	3	17	17.6%
Looking forward to	548	12	560	2.1%
Clackamas	1,187	35	1 222	2.9%
Clatsop	90	0	90	0.0%
Columbia	138	15	153	9.8%
Coos	306	35	341	10.3%
Thief	41	2	43	4.7%
Curry	60	7	67	10.4%
Delay	401	6	407	1.5%
Douglas	287	8	295	2.7%
Award	4	2	6	33.3%
Harney	32	1	33	3.0%
Hood river	167	5	172	2.9%
Jackson	736	52	788	6.6%
Jefferson	61	2	63	3.2%
Josephine	254	12	266	4.5%
Klamath	97	0	97	0.0%
More	3	2	5	40.0%
Lane	3,565	41	3,606	1.1%
Lincoln	91	4	95	4.2%
Linn	459	8	467	1.7%
Malheur	101	7	108	6.5%
Marion	937	55	992	5.5%
Tomorrow	30	1	31	3.2%
Multnomah	3 175	36	3 211	1.1%
Polk	200	10	210	4.8%
Sherman	2	0	2	0.0%
Tillamook	21	0	21	0.0%
Umatilla	342	26	368	7.1%
Union	86	2	88	2.3%
Wallowa	13	0	13	0.0%
Wasco	63	2	65	3.1%
Washington	1 676	66	1,742	3.8%
Wheeler	1	0	1	0.0%
Yamhill	319	11	330	3.3%
Statewide	15,507	468	15,975	2.9%

Cumulative electronic laboratory reporting

County	Negative ELR	Positive ELR	Total ELR	Percentive positivity
Baker	8 061	1,546	9,607	16.1%
Looking forward to	105 736	3,409	109,145	3.1%
Clackamas	344,140	18,646	362 786	5.1%
Clatsop	26 568	1 263	27,831	4.5%
Columbia	32 362	1,584	33,946	4.7%
Coos	31,288	1,557	32,845	4.7%
Thief	12 140	1 015	13,155	7.7%
Curry	820	352	8,572	4.1%
Delay	129,948	7,596	137,544	5.5%
Douglas	52,560	2,045	54,605	3.7%
Gilliam	900	28	928	3.0%
Award	3,360	178	3,538	5.0%
Harney	2,648	213	2 861	7.4%
Hood river	25 360	1,324	26,684	5.0%
Jackson	164 742	10,530	175,272	6.0%
Jefferson	15,127	1 649	16 776	9.8%
Josephine	44,635	2 200	46,835	4.7%
Klamath	37,843	2,819	40,662	6.9%
More	2,470	361	2,831	12.8%
Lane	355 346	11 413	366 759	3.1%
Lincoln	34 816	2 153	36 969	5.8%
Linn	105 326	6,529	111,855	5.8%
Malheur	17,946	4,564	22 510	20.3%
Marion	260,948	25 827	286,775	9.0%
Tomorrow	5,557	1 206	6 763	17.8%
Multnomah	794,296	43 893	838,189	5.2%
Polk	54,105	3,725	57,830	6.4%
Sherman	1,100	47	1 147	4.1%
Tillamook	11 266	371	11 637	3.2%
Umatilla	51 493	7,944	59,437	13.4%
Union	10,116	956	11 072	8.6%
Wallowa	2,089	73	2 162	3.4%
Wasco	26 829	1 281	28,110	4.6%
Washington	496,139	29 562	525,701	5.6%
Wheeler	336	20	356	5.6%
Yamhill	101 246	5 154	106,400	4.8%
Statewide	3 377 062	203 033	3 580 095	5.7%

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations

To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit OHA’s website, which contains a breakdown of distribution and other useful information.