PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – There are nine new deaths associated with COVID-19 in Oregon, including two in Deschutes County, which increases the state death toll to 2,293, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
OHA also reported 251 new confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 Friday, bringing the state to 156,884.
Vaccinations in Oregon
OHA reported that 38,632 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines were added to the state immunization registry on Friday. Of this total, 22,438 doses were administered on Thursday and 16,194 were administered on previous days, but were entered in the vaccine registry 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 1,082,241 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 1,348,255 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 29,001 COVID-19 vaccinations as of early Friday.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospital patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 132, which is eight less than Thursday. There are 30 COVID-19 patients in beds for intensive care (ICU), 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.
St. Charles Bend reported ten COVID-19 patients at 4 a.m. Friday, one in the ICU and in a ventilator.
More information on hospital capacity can be found here.
OHA works out methods to count age and race data in vaccination records
OHA has adjusted how its racial and ethnicity data on its COVID-19 dashboards, from the end of February, reports to persons included in the state’s immunization registry, known as the ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS), or ALERT IIS.
The system previously counted data on race and ethnicity for persons receiving a COVID-19 vaccine as non-exclusive categories, where an individual contributed to the scores of all races indicated in their ALERT IIS record. As of February 25, racial and ethnicity data counted in only one racial or ethnic group.
This change follows recommendations made by the Oregon Office of Equity and Inclusion. The racial and ethnic categories include: Native American / Alaska Indians, Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans / Pacific Residents, Whites, other races, and strangers. The Spanish category is treated as a racial group.
Individuals may still have multiple indications for race on their ALERT IIS record.
Age category offers for individuals also changed on Feb. 25 to reflect the state’s phased approach in opening admissions for older Oregonians. On the dashboards, older Oregonians are shown in five-year groupings, for ages between 60 and 80 years old.
As of Friday, the information on vaccinated Oregonians will include race and ethnicity information at the provincial level on the COVID-19 panels.
Matters and deaths
Note: A server release Thursday and a large volume of approximately 29,000 electronic lab reports (ELRs) received on March 3 contribute to Friday’s high ELR scores. The large number of test results is from March 2020 to March 2021. Friday’s test scores include this grouping of ELRs. The percentage of positivity was lower than expected on Friday.
The new confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases reported Friday are in the following counties: Baker (7), Benton (5), Clackamas (17), Clatsop (1), Coos (31), Crook (1) , Curry (5)), Deschutes (15), Douglas (24), Grant (3), Jackson (29), Jefferson (1), Josephine (7), Klamath (4), Lake (1), Lane (14 ), Linn (4), Malheur (4), Marion (22), Multnomah (13), Polk (10), Tillamook (4), Umatilla (10), Union (2), Wallowa (1), Washington (15 ) and Yamhill (1).
Oregon’s 2,285th COVID 19 death is a 77-year-old woman in Deschutes County who tested positive on Dec. 25 and died in her home on Jan. 20. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,286th COVID-19 death is an 88-year-old woman in Deschutes County who passed away on January 24 in her home. The death certificate mentioned the COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to the death. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,287th COVID-19 death is an 82-year-old man in Jackson County who tested positive on Jan. 28 and died March 3 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,288th COVID-19 death is an 80-year-old man in Jackson County who tested positive on Jan. 27 and died Feb. 26 in his home. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,289th COVID-19 death is a 64-year-old woman in Josephine County who tested positive on Dec. 22 and died Feb. 19 at Stanford Health Care. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,290th COVID 19 death is a 95-year-old man in Lane County who tested positive on Feb. 19 and died Feb. 27 in his home. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,291st COVID-19 death is an 88-year-old woman in Lane County who tested positive on Dec. 23 and died in her home on Dec. 29. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,292nd COVID-19 death is an 84-year-old woman in Polk County who died in her home on Jan. 27. The death certificate mentioned the COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to the death. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,293rd COVID-19 death is an 81-year-old woman in Washington County who tested positive on Dec. 31 and died in her home on Jan. 10. She had underlying conditions.
In yesterday’s issue of OHA’s Coronavirus Update, we highlighted the work of OHA partner One Community Health at a vaccine clinic in Celilo Village. It was a vaccination event that marked a collaboration between two states, four provinces, the? Intertribal Fish Commission, social services agencies and transportation partners required.
“Our Longhouse is a place of worship and we could not use it during COVID,” says Karen? Whitford, a tribal elder living 12 miles east of the? Dalles? In? Celilo? Village living.? On? Jan. 27 ,? After? Ceremonial? Prayer,? Whitford? And 103 tribesmen from across the Columbia River Gorge? Receiving the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine? At the Longhouse.
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Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations
To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit OHA’s website, which contains a breakdown of distribution and other useful information.