The Oregon Health Authority announced 517 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, along with 38 new deaths, bringing the state’s number of coronavirus deaths to 2,094.
The new cases occur when four people in Oregon tested positive for COVID-19, despite having been fully vaccinated and enough time for their second doses to become fully effective, state public health officials announced on Friday.
Oregon is one of the first states in the country to identify so-called “groundbreaking cases” in which people who were considered immune have now fallen ill with the disease. Considering that both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are considered almost 94% or 95% effective, the innovative cases were not “unexpected”, said state epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger.
State health officials are in the process of testing samples taken from four fully vaccinated people who tested positive. They had no symptoms or had mild symptoms.
Snow covering the Portland area forced the state to close the COVID-19 mass vaccination sites at the Oregon Convention Center on Friday and Saturday and at Portland International Airport or Saturday and Sunday. More than 12,000 Oregon residents have been scheduled to be vaccinated in these two locations and will be contacted by the team to reschedule them for a later date.
Where new cases are by county: 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 )
Who died: The deaths are being reviewed and will be released later, the health authority said.
The prevalence of infections: On Friday, the state reported 622 new positive tests out of 19,326 tests performed, equaling a positivity rate of 3.2%.
Who was infected: New confirmed or presumed infections grew between the following age groups: 0-9 (17); 10-19 (126); 20-29 (90); 30-39 (79); 40-49 (69); 50-59 (62); 60-69 (48); 70-79 (35); 80 and older (9).
Who is in the hospital: The state reported that 202 Oregon residents with confirmed coronavirus infections were hospitalized on Friday, seven fewer than on Thursday. Of these, 48 patients with coronavirus were in intensive care units, two less than on Thursday.
Vaccines administered: Oregon administered 649,602 first and second doses of 884,275 received, which is about 73.5% of its supply. Oregon reported 25,772 new doses administered, which include 16,877 on Thursday and the remainder of previous days.
Since it started: Oregon reported 149,576 confirmed or suspected infections and 2,094 deaths, among the lowest per capita numbers in the country. To date, the state has reported more than 3,383,703 test lab reports.
– Jaimie Ding
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