Cases, deaths and hospitalizations declined sharply last week; OHA to not list more details of daily death reports; statistics available on set of dashboards
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – There are 20 new deaths related to COVID-19 in Oregon, which increased the death toll from the state to 1,924, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
OHA also reports 731 new confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday 12:01, bringing the state to 140,063. But the agency’s weekly report last week showed a sharp decline in deaths, cases and hospitalizations.
Vaccinations in Oregon
On Wednesday, OHA reported that 14,896 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 10,943 doses were administered on Tuesday and 3,953 on previous days, but were entered in the vaccine register on Tuesday.
It may take a few days to finalize the total cumulative 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 340,369 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 600,875 doses of vaccine have been delivered to Oregon sites.
These data are provisional and subject to change.
OHA’s dashboards contain regularly updated vaccination data, and Oregon’s dashboard was updated Wednesday.
St Charles Health System reported 13,459 COVID-19 vaccinations as of early Wednesday.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospital patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 302, which is six less than Tuesday. There are 74 COVID-19 patients in intensive care (ICU) beds, which is four more than 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.
More information on hospital capacity can be found here.
St Charles Bend reported 21 COVID-19 patients as of 4 a.m. Wednesday, three in the ICU and one in a ventilator.
Weekly COVID-19 reports
OHA’s weekly COVID-19 report, released on Tuesday, showed a sharp decline in daily cases, hospitalizations and deaths over the past week.
OHA reported 4119 new daily cases during the week from Monday, January 18th to Sunday, January 24th, a decrease of 48% compared to the previous week.
There were 229 people admitted to hospital for COVID-19, a decrease of 33% from the previous week. COVID 19 deaths have also dropped dramatically, to 74 from last week’s pandemic peak of 195.
There were 116,099 tests for COVID-19 for the week of January 17th to January 23rd. The percentage of positive tests dropped to 5.1%.
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.
Wednesday’s COVID-19 outbreak report shows 178 active COVID-19 outbreaks in older living communities and congregational living conditions, with three or more confirmed cases and one or more COVID-19 deaths.
Matters and deaths
Note: As of today, OHA will no longer list individual cases of COVID-19 deaths in Oregon in its daily media statements.
Since the first COVID-19-related death in Oregon was reported by OHA on March 14, 2020, OHA listed each of the individuals according to the country where they live, the date of death, the date of positive testing, or the onset of the symptom and if the individuals had underlying conditions. . These updates have been provided daily since 14 March 2020.
“Every death due to COVID-19 is loss, especially for those who knew them best – families, friends and loved ones,” said Patrick Allen, director of OHA. ‘That’s why we listed each case.
“Going forward, we share our composite COVID-19-related deaths on OHA’s public panels, which are updated daily. As the death toll from the virus has risen, the validation and reporting of each death has an impact on our daily reporting.
“We will continue to honor the lives of every person lost to the pandemic, but in a different way. The dashboard will provide additional information on COVID-19-related deaths that have not previously been accessible in a visual format This dashboard gives the public a clearer picture of the collective toll the virus has taken, but it will never diminish the importance of every Oregonian who is no longer with us. . “
Oregon’s ongoing response to COVID-19 was among the nation’s most effective, measured by preventing loss of life through state-wide measures, OHA said. Oregon fared better in almost all other states when the COVID-19 virus and COVID-19 deaths occurred.
On January 27, the state, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is the fifth lowest death toll per 100,000 people in the country.
These outcomes follow our measures that prevented the spread of the virus in the community and that encouraged Oregonians to wear masks, consider six-foot physical distance, wash hands regularly, avoid meetings, and stay home when they is ill.
The new confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases reported on Wednesday are in the following provinces: Baker (4), Benton (8), Clackamas (67), Clatsop (4), Columbia (8), Coos (9) , Crook (7)), Deschutes (24), Douglas (9), Harney (1), Hood River (5), Jackson (35), Jefferson (7), Josephine (16), Klamath (13), Lake ( 2), Lane (52), Lincoln (3), Linn (21), Malheur (17), Marion (115), Morrow (5), Multnomah (118), Polk (21), Tillamook (1), Umatilla ( 30), Union (3), Wasco (2), Washington (106) and Yamhill (18).