Oregon reported 877 new cases of coronavirus and 22 deaths on Friday, while the governor defended his decision to prioritize vaccination of educators before the elderly.
Oregon’s 150,000 daycare, preschool and elementary and high school staff will be eligible for an injection starting on Monday. Oregon residents aged 80 and over will be eligible from February 8.
But being allowed to shoot does not mean immediate access.
Portland’s largest vaccination site, at the Oregon Convention Center, will not reach educators until Wednesday, said a Legacy Health spokesman, because each of the 4,000 places available on Monday and Tuesday has already been booked by people from other priority groups.
“We can only vaccinate a certain number of people at a time,” said Brian Terrett.
The convention center’s vaccination site will be administered by Portland’s four largest health systems – Legacy, Oregon Health & Science University, Providence and Kaiser Permanente – and will be operational for six to nine months, health systems said in a statement to the press on Friday.
The convention center clinic vaccinated 1,365 people this week and plans to vaccinate 2,400 more on Saturday. On Monday and Tuesday, about 4,000 people with special needs and their caregivers will be vaccinated. On Wednesday, the clinic will pass to educators.
But, as always, nothing is set in stone.
“Note that there are rapid changes based on the direction of Governor Brown and the Oregon Health Authority,” health systems said.
Where the new cases are by municipality: Baker (1), Benton (24), Clackamas (71), Clatsop (8), Columbia (15), Coos (10), Crook (14), Curry (1), Deschutes (28), Douglas (18), Grant (4), Hood River (5), Jackson (33), Jefferson (9), Josephine (15), Klamath (17), Lake (3), Lane (90), Lincoln (5), Linn (9) , Malheur (11), Marion (101), Morrow (7), Multnomah (136), Polk (24), Umatilla (52), Union (9), Wallowa (1), Wasco (3), Washington (138) and Yamhill (15).
Deaths: Oregon’s 1,844th coronavirus death was an 89-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive on January 1 and died on January 20 at Portland VA Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,845th death was a 90-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive on January 4 and died on January 8 at her home.
Oregon’s 1,846th death is from an 87-year-old man from Deschutes County who tested positive on December 31 and died on January 12 at his home.
Oregon’s 1,847th death was a 46-year-old man from Harney County who tested positive on January 5 and died on January 20 at his home.
Oregon’s 1,848th death was a 56-year-old man from Harney County who tested positive on January 4 and died on January 20 at St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,849th death is an 87-year-old woman from Jackson County who died January 4 at her home. The death certificate listed COVID-19 as a significant cause or condition that contributed to his death.
Oregon’s 1,850th death is from a 73-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive on January 4 and died on January 1 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,851st death was a 67-year-old woman from Jackson County, who tested positive on December 30 and died on January 18 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,852th death was an 82-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on December 15 and died on January 11 at her home.
The death of 1,853 in Oregon is that of a 69-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive on December 2 and died on January 19 at the Rogue Valley Medical Center.
The death of 1,854 in Oregon is an 80-year-old woman from Klamath County who tested positive on December 8 and died on January 19 at her home.
Oregon’s 1,855th death was an 80-year-old man from Klamath County who tested positive on January 10 and died on January 20 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,856th death was an 84-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on January 10 and died on January 11 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
The death of 1,857 in Oregon is that of an 80-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive on December 12 and died on January 16 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,858th death is from a 70-year-old man from Umatilla County who tested positive on January 4 and died on January 20 at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center.
The death of 1,859 in Oregon is a 73-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive on December 9 and died on December 20 at the Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,860th death is an 81-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive on December 28 and died on January 12 at the OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,861st death was a 61-year-old man from Union County who tested positive on December 21 and died on January 15 at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,862th death is a 60-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive on November 29 and died on December 26 at Salem Hospital.
Oregon’s 1,863rd death is a 68-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive on December 17 and died on January 20 at Salem Hospital.
The 1,864th death in Oregon is a 61-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive on December 22 and died on January 10 at Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,865th death is from a 57-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive on December 17 and died on January 21 at Salem Hospital.
Each person had underlying health conditions or state officials were working to determine whether the person had underlying medical conditions.
In addition, the deaths of two inmates at the Oregon Department of Corrections prison facilities were announced on Friday and were not reflected in the state count:
A man aged 70 to 80 who was housed in the Two Rivers prison in Umatilla County who tested positive for COVID-19 and died in prison on January 21.
A man aged 55 to 65 who was housed at Oregon State Penitentiary in Marion County who tested positive for COVID-19 and died at a local hospital on January 22.
The prevalence of infections: On Friday, the state released 1,048 new positive tests out of 20,460 tests carried out, equivalent to 5.1% positivity.
Who was infected: New confirmed or presumed infections grew between the following age groups: 0-9 (29); 10-19 (114); 20-29 (206); 30-39 (123); 40-49 (119); 50-59 (110); 60-69 (78); 70-79 (48); 80 and older (35).
Who is in the hospital: The state reported that 317 Oregon residents with confirmed coronavirus infections were at the hospital on Friday, 12 less than on Thursday. Of these, 79 coronavirus patients were in intensive care units, eight fewer than on Thursday.
Vaccines: As of Friday, 34,902 Oregon residents have been fully vaccinated and another 196,698 have been partially vaccinated. On average, about 12,470 injections were administered each day during the past week.
Since it started: Oregon reported 136,839 confirmed or suspected infections and 1,865 deaths, among the lowest totals in the country. To date, the state has reported 3,043,792 test lab reports.
– Fedor Zarkhin; [email protected]; 503-294-7674