Baker County moved from ‘Extreme Risk’ to ‘High Risk’
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – There are five new deaths related to COVID-19 in Oregon, which increases the death toll from the state to 2,002, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
OHA also reported 846 new confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 Friday, bringing the state’s total to 146,138.
“OHA is saddened today by the death of 2,000 COVID-19s: a 90-year-old woman in Yamhill County who tested positive on February 1 and died in her home on February 2,” said Patrick Allen, director of OHA. .
‘At this stage of the pandemic, many of our family, friends or neighbors have seen deaths due to COVID-19. Or we know people who have lost loved ones. Many of us at OHA are saddened by the loss of our own family or friends. Every loss weighs on us. I want to express my deepest sympathy to every family that has mourned over a parent, brother or brother or child who died of a COVID-19 infection. ”
Vaccinations in Oregon
OHA reported Friday that 22,724 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 12,898 doses were administered on Thursday and 9,826 were administered in previous days, but were entered in the vaccine register on Thursday.
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 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 509,582 doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 733,975 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 reported 22,559 COVID-19 vaccinations by early Friday.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 238, which is 23 less than Thursday. There are 59 COVID-19 patients in intensive care (ICU) beds, which is one more than 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 nine COVID-19 patients at 4 a.m. Friday, two of whom were on ventilators in the ICU.
Additional test results added to daily totals
Due to a delay in laboratory reporting, OHA received more than 1,800 electronic laboratory results (ELRs) on Wednesday. These newly added test results contain information from December 2, 2020 to Tuesday. As a result, the daily ELR totals and the percentage positive for Wednesday are higher than usual in seven counties: Clackamas, Jefferson, Lake, Malheur, Marion, Multnomah and Umatilla.
Baker County moves from Extreme Risk to High Risk level
Baker County’s risk level will drop from Extreme Risk to High Risk, with effect from February 5th. In collaboration with Baker County’s Local Public Health Authority, OHA found discrepancies in the percentage of Baker County’s positive data regarding electronic laboratory results submitted from Idaho health systems. In addition, from January 10 to January 23, there were 12 adults in custody who recently reported having COVID-19. As these individuals do not communicate with members of the wider community, the numbers are deducted from the total cases of COVID-19 from Baker County for determining the level of risk in the country, reducing the number of cases in the two weeks to 54.
Based on the corrected data, it was found that Baker County immediately qualifies for high risk. With this move, some businesses and facilities can once again offer indoor services, with health and safety measures and capacity constraints.
Matters and deaths
The new confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases reported Friday are in the following counties: Baker (1), Benton (20), Clackamas (42), Clatsop (6), Columbia (10), Coos (19) , Crook (8)), Curry (5), Deschutes (25), Douglas (26), Harney (9), Hood River (2), Jackson (36), Jefferson (16), Josephine (17), Klamath ( 4), Lake (15), Lane (83), Lincoln (9), Linn (20), Malheur (21), Marion (132), Morrow (5), Multnomah (136), Polk (15), Tillamook ( 1), Umatilla (31), Union (12), Wallowa (1), Wasco (4), Washington (92) and Yamhill (23).
PLEASE NOTE: Oregon’s 768th and 1,416th COVID-19 deaths, reported on November 17 and December 25, are the same person. As a result of this error, we are renumbering our reported deaths from 1,998 Friday.
Oregon’s 1,998th COVID-19 death is a 65-year-old man in Linn County who tested positive on Jan. 11 and died Feb. 2 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center in RiverBend. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 1,999th COVID-19 death is a 67-year-old woman in Hood River County who tested positive on Jan. 19 and died Feb. 2 at Providence Portland Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,000th COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old woman in Yamhill County who tested positive on Feb. 1 and died in her home on Feb. 2. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,001st COVID-19 death is a 69-year-old man in Josephine County who tested positive on Feb. 4 and died in his home on Feb. 1. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,002nd COVID-19 death is an 82-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Jan. 8 and died Jan. 15 at Kaiser Permanent Sunnyside Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations
For more information on the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit our Web site with a breakdown of distribution and other helpful information.