Also report the first 4 ‘breakthrough cases’ in people who have been fully vaccinated
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – There are 38 new deaths related to COVID-19 in Oregon, which increases the death toll from the state to 2,094, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
The Oregon Health Authority has reported 517 new confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 as of today at 12:01, bringing the state to a total of 149,576.
Friday’s recording of the media briefing is available here, and the slides from Friday’s briefing are available here.
Vaccinations in Oregon
On Friday, OHA reported that 25,772 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 16 877 doses were administered on Thursday and 8 895 were administered in the previous days, but were entered in the vaccine register on Thursday.
It may 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 assistance 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 649,602 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 884,275 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 Friday.
St Charles Health System reports that 22,754 COVID-19 vaccinations have been given since early Friday.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 202, which is seven less than Thursday. There are 48 COVID-19 patients in intensive care (ICU) beds, two less than on Thursday.
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 16 COVID-19 patients at 4 a.m. Friday, four of whom were in the ICU, three of whom were on ventilators.
OHA investigates ‘breakthrough’ cases
OHA today announced the discovery of four “breakthrough” cases of COVID-19. These are cases where an individual tested positive for COVID-19 at least 14 days after completion of their vaccination series.
Two of the cases are in Yamhill County and two in Lane County. OHA is working with local public health officials to investigate its origins. Their diseases range from asymptomatic to mild symptoms.
Genome sequencing is underway, and we expect results next week.
Such cases are not unexpected. Clinical trials of both vaccines currently in use included breakthrough cases. In the cases, although the participants received COVID-19, the vaccines reduced the severity of the disease.
Based on what is known about vaccines for other diseases and early data from clinical trials, OHA experts believe that the existing vaccines are very effective.
Matters and deaths
COMMENT: Death details are being reviewed and will be posted in an updated version of this press release.
The new confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases reported Friday are in the following counties: Benton (31), Clackamas (43), Clatsop (1), Columbia (3), Coos (8), Crook (5), Curry (5)), Deschutes (32), Douglas (18), Harney (3), Hood River (2), Jackson (35), Jefferson (11), Josephine (16), Klamath (10), Lake (7 ), Lane (48), Lincoln (4), Linn (13), Marion (59), Morrow (4), Multnomah (57), Polk (13), Tillamook (1), Umatilla (19), Union (3 ), Wallowa (2), Wasco (1), Washington (50) and Yamhill (13).
Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations
To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit our Web site with a breakdown of distribution and other helpful information.