Oregon reports 32 more COVID-19 deaths, 437 cases – but sharp weekly decline

17 deaths last week, the least since last early July; cases and hospitalizations also fall significantly

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – There are 32 new deaths related to COVID-19 in Oregon, increasing the death toll from the state to 2,194, the Oregon Health Authority reported on Wednesday while also issuing a promising weekly report with sharp declines in deaths, cases and hospitalizations.

The Oregon Health Authority reported 437 new confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 as of today at 12:01 p.m., bringing the state to 154,062.

Vaccinations in Oregon

OHA reported that 22,406 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines were added to the state immunization registry on Wednesday. Of this total, 14,502 doses were administered on Tuesday and 7,904 were administered the previous days, but were entered in the vaccine registry on Tuesday.

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 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 858,481 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 1,133,695 doses of vaccine have been delivered to Oregon sites.

St Charles Health System reported 23,388 COVID-19 vaccinations given early Wednesday.

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

COVID-19 hospitalizations

The number of hospital patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 162, which is three less than Tuesday. There are 46 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, two more than on Tuesday.

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.

St. Charles Bend reported 15 COVID-19 patients at 4 a.m. Wednesday, two of whom were in the ICU, one in a ventilator.

More information on hospital capacity can be found here

OHA has added a new instrument panel showing sites verified by the Oregon immunization program to receive and administer COVID-19 vaccines.

Showing on this dashboard does not mean that websites have received COVID-19 vaccine doses, administered COVID-19 vaccines on the spot, or COVID-19 vaccines in their stock. The new dashboard shows progress in registering potential COVID-19 vaccine providers across the state.

The tool is not intended to be used for scheduling. Visit the COVID-19 Vaccination website to learn more about vaccinations, to sign up for notifications, and to find vaccinations in your country.

Weekly COVID-19 data and outbreak reports

The Oregon Health Authority’s weekly COVID-19 report, released Wednesday, shows a sharp decline in daily cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the previous week.

During the week from Monday, February 15 to Sunday, February 21, OHA reported 2,260 new daily cases of COVID-19 – a decrease of 35% from last week.

New COVID-19 related hospitalizations decreased by 42% and decreased from 272 to 159.

COVID-19-related deaths also declined from 114 to 17, representing the lowest weekly death toll since the week of June 29 to July 5.

There were 70,200 tests for COVID-19 for the week of February 14 to February 20, representing a sharp decline in the previous week. The percentage of positive tests was 3.5%.

People 70 years and older accounted for 77% of the deaths associated with the virus.

Wednesday’s COVID-19 weekly outbreak report shows 74 active COVID-19 outbreaks in senior living communities and community living conditions, with three or more confirmed cases and one or more COVID-19 deaths.

Matters and deaths

Details of the reported deaths on Wednesday will be published later.

The newly confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases reported on Wednesday are in the following provinces: Baker (6), Benton (22), Clackamas (38), Clatsop (6), Columbia (10), Coos (16) , Crook (8)), Curry (1), Deschutes (28), Douglas (28), Jackson (27), Jefferson (7), Josephine (20), Klamath (4), Lane (33), Lincoln (2 ), Linn (6), Malheur (3), Marion (33), Morrow (5), Multnomah (55), Polk (11), Sherman (1), Tillamook (3), Umatilla (15), Union (1 ), Wasco (1), Washington (41) and Yamhill (6).

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations

To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit OHA’s website with a breakdown of the distribution, a new infographic version with the differences between OHA’s vaccination tools, and other useful information.