The Oregon Health Authority announced 269 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, along with 13 new deaths, as the state identified Douglas County as the first case of a coronavirus variant strain originally detected in Brazil.
The Brazilian variant, also known as P.1, was first detected in people who traveled from Brazil to Japan in January. The variant appears to be more contagious and has reinfected people previously immune from contracting the original virus, Douglas County health officials said.
The infected person in Douglas County knew the travel history before the test was positive, according to health officials. Only ten cases have been found previously in America – in Alaska, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota and Oklahoma.
about that, The state launched its COVID-19 vaccine lottery system for the Oregon Convention Center’s mass vaccination site on Monday, and said it would alert 750 people if they were selected for an injection. On Friday, the state said 208,365 people had registered on the system through the website getvaccinatedoregon.gov. The other mass vaccination site at Portland International Airport continues to have people who sign up for appointments directly online.
Where new cases are by county: Baker (2), Benton (3), Clackamas (20), Columbia (2), Coos (3), Crook (1), Deschutes (6), Douglas (20), Gilliam (1), Harney (2) , Jackson (44), Jefferson (2), Josephine (20), Klamath (5), Lake (2), Lane (24), Lincoln (3), Linn (6), Marion (26), Morrow (1) , Multnomah (28), Polk (4), Tillamook (3), Umatilla (11), Union (1), Washington (23) and Yamhill (6).
Who died: COVID-19’s 2,213th death in Oregon was an 87-year-old woman from Baker County who tested positive on February 24 and died on February 26 at her residence.
The death of 2,214 is an 88-year-old man from Baker County who tested positive on February 24 and died on February 26 at his residence.
The 2,215th death came from a 100-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive on January 25 and died on February 16 at his home.
The death of 2,216 is a 91-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive on February 19 and died on February 28 at her home.
The 2,217th death was a 91-year-old woman from Deschutes County who tested positive on January 23 and died on February 16 at her home.
The 2,218th death is from a 27-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive on January 26 and died on February 19 at the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.
The 2,219th death was a 90-year-old man from Lane County, who tested positive on February 19 and died on February 28 at the PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center in RiverBend.
The 2,220 death was a 72-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive on January 12 and died on February 26 at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital.
The 2,221st death came from an 83-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive on January 6 and died on February 14 at his home.
The 2,222th death was from a 57-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive on February 8 and died on February 10 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.
The 2,223th death is a 58-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive on January 29 and died on February 19 at Providence Portland Medical Center.
The 2,224th death came from a 79-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive on January 25 and died on February 9 at his home. He had no underlying conditions.
The 2,225th death was a 78-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive on February 19 and died on February 28 at the Mercy Medical Center.
Unless noted above, each person who died had underlying health problems or state officials were working to determine whether the person had underlying health problems.
The prevalence of infections: On Tuesday, the state registered 346 new positive tests out of 11,956 tests performed, which is equivalent to a positivity rate of 2.9%.
Who was infected: New confirmed or presumed infections grew between the following age groups: 0-9 (11); 10-19 (37); 20-29 (55); 30-39 (30); 40-49 (23); 50-59 (40); 60-69 (27); 70-79 (12); 80 and older (16).
Who is in the hospital: The state reported that 149 Oregon residents with confirmed coronavirus infections were hospitalized on Tuesday, 17 more than on Monday. Of these, 29 coronavirus patients were in intensive care units, two more than on Monday.
Vaccines administered: Oregon administered 997,448 first and second doses of 1,244,505 received, which is about 80% of its supply. Oregon reported 10,911 new doses administered, which include 3,894 on Monday and the remainder of previous days.
Since it started: Oregon reported 156,037 confirmed or suspected infections and 2,225 deaths, among the lowest per capita numbers in the country. To date, the state has reported more than 3,760,400 test lab reports.
– Jaimie Ding
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