The highest daily number of cases since early February; weekly report shows rising numbers
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – There are three new deaths related to COVID-19 in Oregon, which increases the death toll from the state to 2449, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
OHA also reported 816 new confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 as of 8:01 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the state to 172,206. This is the largest single day count since the 846 reported on February 5th.
Vaccinations in Oregon
OHA reported that 39,326 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines were added to the state immunization registry on Wednesday. Of this total, 24 097 doses were administered on Tuesday and 15 229 the previous days, but were entered in the vaccine register on Tuesday.
The running average of 7 days is now 38,392 doses per day.
Oregon has now administered a total of 1,215,804 doses of Pfizer, 1,052,206 doses of Moderna and 86,624 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. As of today, 945, 453 people have completed a COVID-19 vaccine series. There are 1 492 658 who have had at least one dose.
It may take a few days to complete the cumulative daily totals, as providers have 72 hours to report doses, and technical challenges have left many providers lagging 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).
To date, 1,499,355 doses of Pfizer, 1,289,900 doses of Moderna and 215,500 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines have been delivered to locations in Oregon.
These data are provisional and subject to change.
OHA’s dashboards contain regularly updated vaccination data, and Oregon’s dashboard was updated Wednesday.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospital patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 200, which is three more than Tuesday. There are 52 COVID-19 patients in intensive care (ICU) beds, which have been unchanged since 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 constraints 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 12 COVID-19 patients at 4 a.m. Wednesday, three of whom were in the ICU, two of whom were on ventilators.
Weekly COVID-19 reports
The Oregon Health Authority’s weekly COVID-19 report, released Wednesday, shows a third consecutive week of rising daily cases, higher hospitalizations and higher deaths than the previous week.
OHA reported 3,722 new daily cases of COVID-19 during the week from Monday, April 5 to Sunday, April 11. This represents an increase of 26% from the previous week.
New COVID-19 related hospitalizations rose to 156, up from 150 last week.
47 COVID-19 deaths have been reported, which is the highest weekly total in five weeks.
There were 103,928 tests for COVID-19 for the week from April 4 to April 10. The percentage of positive tests was 4.4%.
People 70 years and older accounted for 40% of COVID-19 related hospitalizations and 76% of COVID-19 deaths.
Today’s weekly outbreak report of COVID-19 shows 24 active COVID-19 outbreaks in senior living communities and congregational living environments, with three or more confirmed cases and one or more COVID-19 deaths.
Matters and deaths
The newly confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following provinces: Baker (14), Benton (25), Clackamas (97), Clatsop (2), Columbia (13), Coos (4) , Crook (2)), Curry (3), Deschutes (84), Douglas (8), Grant (32), Harney (1), Hood River (8), Jackson (50), Jefferson (3), Josephine ( 19), Klamath (27), Lane (49), Lincoln (6), Linn (23), Malheur (2), Marion (83), Morrow (1), Multnomah (126), Polk (18), Sherman ( 1), Tillamook (1), Umatilla (9), Union (2), Wasco (8), Washington (86) and Yamhill (9).
Oregon’s 2,447th COVID-19 death is a 66-year-old woman in Tillamook County who tested positive on March 17 and died on April 13 at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital. She had no underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,448th COVID-19 death is an 88-year-old woman in Union County who tested positive on Feb. 22 and died on March 15. The location of the death is confirmed. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 2,449th COVID-19 death is a 56-year-old man in Klamath County who tested positive on March 1 and died on April 7 at Sky Lakes Medical Center. He had no underlying conditions.
Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations?
To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit OHA’s website (English or Spanish), which contains a breakdown of distribution and other information.