PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – There are 24 new deaths associated with COVID-19 in Oregon, which increases the death toll from the state to 1832, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
OHA also reported on Wednesday at 00:01 704 new confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19, bringing the state to 135,142.
Vaccinations in Oregon
OHA reported Wednesday that 13,694 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 8 570 vaccine doses were administered on Tuesday and 5 124 on previous days, but were entered in the vaccine register 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 238,760 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. All vaccinations were administered by Oregon hospitals, long-term care facilities, emergency medical services (EMS), emergency care facilities, and local public health authorities (LPHAs).
To date, 436,250 doses of vaccine have been delivered to Oregon sites.
These data are provisional and subject to change.
St Charles Health System gave 7,755 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations as of 7 Wednesday.
OHA’s dashboards contain regularly updated vaccination data and Oregon’s dashboard was updated Wednesday.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 336, which is eight more than Tuesday. There are 90 COVID-19 patients in intensive care (ICU) beds, two less 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 26 COVID-19 patients as of 4 a.m. Wednesday, five of whom were in the ICU, four of whom were on ventilators.
More information on hospital capacity can be found here.
Matters and deaths
COMMENT: Death details are being reviewed and will be posted in an updated version of this press release.
The newly confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases reported on Wednesday are in the following provinces: Baker (3), Benton (21), Clackamas (36), Clatsop (6), Coos (12), Crook (7) , Deschutes (38)), Douglas (17), Harney (3), Hood River (6), Jackson (38), Jefferson (7), Josephine (15), Klamath (16), Lake (4), Lane ( 53), Lincoln (4), Linn (26), Malheur (29), Marion (83), Morrow (4), Multnomah (99), Polk (22), Tillamook (2), Umatilla (53), Union ( 7), Wallowa (1), Wasco (6), Washington (60) and Yamhill (26).
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.