Baker County changed from ‘Extreme Risk’ to ‘High Risk’ category
PORTLAND, Oregon. (KTVZ) – There are five new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, increasing the number of deaths in the state to 2,002, the Oregon Health Authority reported on Friday.
The OHA also reported 846 new confirmed and presumed cases of COVID-19 at 0:01 AM on Friday, bringing the state total to 146,138.
“OHA is sad today to report our 2,000th COVID-19 related death: a 90-year-old woman in Yamhill County who tested positive on February 1 and died on February 2 at her home,” said the Director of OHA Patrick Allen.
“At this stage of the pandemic, many of us have seen family members, friends or neighbors die from COVID-19. Or we know people who have lost loved ones. Many of us at OHA mourn the loss of our own family or friends. Each loss weighs on us. I want to extend my deepest condolences to each family that has mourned a father, brother or son who died of a COVID-19 infection. “
Vaccinations in Oregon
OHA reported on Friday that 22,724 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations have been added to the state’s immunization registry. Of that total, 12,898 doses were administered on Thursday and 9,826 on previous days, but entered the vaccine register on Thursday.
Cumulative daily totals can take several days to complete because providers have 72 hours to report administered doses and technical challenges have caused many providers to delay 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 administered a cumulative total of 509,582 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 733,975 doses of the vaccine have been delivered to locations across Oregon.
These data are preliminary and are subject to change. OHA panels provide regularly updated vaccination data, and the Oregon panel was updated on Friday.
St. Charles Health System reported 22,559 COVID-19 vaccinations given on Friday.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across Oregon is 238, 23 fewer than on Thursday. There are 59 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, that is, one more than Thursday.
The total number of patients in hospital beds can fluctuate between reporting times. The figures do not reflect hospitalizations per day, nor the length of stay. Personnel limitations are not captured in this data and can further limit the capacity of beds.
More information about the hospital’s capacity can be found here.
St. Charles Bend reported nine patients with COVID-19 until 4 am Friday morning, two of whom were in the ICU with ventilators.
Additional test results added to daily totals
Due to a delay in laboratory reports, OHA received more than 1,800 electronic laboratory results (ELRs) on Wednesday. The results of the newly added tests include information from December 2, 2020 through Tuesday. As a result, daily ELR totals and positive percentages are higher on Wednesday than normal in seven counties: Clackamas, Jefferson, Lake, Malheur, Marion, Multnomah and Umatilla.
Baker County changes from extreme risk to high risk
Baker County’s risk level will drop from extreme risk to high risk starting on February 5. Working with the local public health authority in Baker County, OHA found discrepancies in Baker County’s percent positive data related to electronic laboratory results sent by Idaho health systems. In addition, from 10 to 23 January, there were 12 adults in custody recently reported as having COVID-19. Since these individuals do not interact with members of the wider community, the numbers are being subtracted from the total of COVID-19 cases in Baker County to determine the county’s level of risk, reducing the number of cases over the two-week period to 54 .
Based on the corrected data, Baker County was immediately qualified for high risk. This change allows some businesses and facilities to offer internal services again, with health and safety measures and capacity limits in place.
Cases and deaths
The new confirmed and presumed COVID-19 cases reported on 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).
NOTE: The 768th and 1,416th deaths related to COVID-19 in Oregon, reported on November 17 and December 25, are the same person. Because of this error, we are re-numbering our reported deaths starting with 1,998 on Friday.
The death of a COVID-19 in Oregon 1,998 was a 65-year-old man in Linn County who tested positive on January 11 and died on February 2 at the PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center in RiverBend. He had underlying conditions.
COVID-19’s 1999 death in Oregon was a 67-year-old woman in Hood River County, who tested positive on January 19 and died on February 2 at Providence Portland Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
COVID-19’s 2,000th death in Oregon was a 90-year-old woman in Yamhill County who tested positive on February 1 and died on February 2 at her home. She had underlying conditions.
The death of 2,001º COVID-19 in Oregon was a 69-year-old man in Josephine County, who tested positive on February 4 and died on February 1 at his home. He had underlying conditions.
COVID-19’s 2,002 death in Oregon was an 82-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on January 8 and died on January 15 at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines
To learn more about the status of the COVID-19 vaccine in Oregon, visit our web page, which contains an analysis of the distribution and other useful information.