Also reports the first 4 ‘breakthrough cases’ in fully vaccinated people
PORTLAND, Oregon. (KTVZ) – There are 38 new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, increasing the number of deaths in the state to 2,094, the Oregon Health Authority reported on Friday.
The Oregon Health Authority reported 517 new confirmed and presumed cases of COVID-19 at 0:01 today, bringing the state total to 149,576.
The recording of Friday’s briefing is available here, and the slides for Friday’s briefing are available here.
Vaccinations in Oregon
On Friday, OHA reported that 25,772 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines were added to the state’s immunization registry. Of that total, 16,877 doses were administered on Thursday and 8,895 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 opportunity for their data entry into the state’s ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS).
Oregon has administered a cumulative total of 649,602 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 884,275 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 reports that 22,754 COVID-19 vaccinations were given on Friday.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across Oregon is 202, seven fewer than on Thursday. There are 48 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, two less than on 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 16 patients with COVID-19 as of 4 am Friday morning, four of whom were in the ICU, three on ventilators.
OHA is investigating ‘innovative’ cases
OHA today announced the discovery of four “innovative” COVID-19 cases. These are the cases where an individual tested positive for COVID-19 at least 14 days after completing 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 the source. Their illnesses range from asymptomatic to mild symptoms.
Genome sequencing is underway and we expect results next week.
These cases are not unexpected. Clinical trials of both vaccines currently in use have included groundbreaking cases. In these 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 initial clinical trial data, OHA experts believe that existing vaccines are very effective.
Cases and deaths
NOTE: The details of the death are being analyzed and will be published in an updated version of this press release.
The new confirmed and presumed COVID-19 cases reported on 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 vaccines
To learn more about the status of the COVID-19 vaccine in Oregon, visit our website, which contains an analysis of the distribution and other useful information.