Oregon Health Authority reports 2 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,225 new cases

Number of vaccinations given approaches 100,000

PORTLAND, Oregon. (KTVZ) – COVID-19 claimed two more lives in Oregon, increasing the death toll in the state to 1,605, along with 1,225 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported on Sunday.

The state’s total vaccination also approached 100,000, as vaccination clinics around the state added almost more than 8,648 doses, bringing the state’s total to more than 97,000 doses.

Vaccinations in Oregon

On Saturday, 8,648 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines were added to the state’s immunization registry. Of that total, 6,505 doses of vaccine were administered on Saturday and 2,143 were administered in the previous days (but entered in the state registry by providers on Saturday). On Saturday, vaccination sites had vaccinated 2.2 percent of Oregon residents and administered 37 percent of Oregon’s current vaccine dose distribution.

Oregon has administered a cumulative total of 97,010 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. All vaccinations took place in Oregon hospitals, long-term care facilities, emergency medical service agencies (EMS), urgent care facilities and Local Public Health Authorities (LPHAs).

These data are preliminary and are subject to change. OHA panels provide regularly updated vaccination data and the Oregon panel was updated on Sunday.

COVID-19 Hospitalizations

The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across Oregon is 403, 18 less than on Saturday. There are 84 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, that is, three more than on Saturday.

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.

Cases and deaths

The Oregon Health Authority reported 1,225 new confirmed and presumed cases of COVID-19 at 12:01 am on Sunday, bringing the state total to 125,683. The new confirmed and presumed COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday are in the following counties: Baker (5), Benton (15), Clackamas (86), Clatsop (6), Columbia (17), Coos (11), Curry (1 ), Deschutes (51), Douglas (13), Hood River (10), Jackson (39), Jefferson (11), Josephine (18), Klamath (43), Lane (89), Lincoln (4), Linn ( 27), Malheur (1), Marion (233), Morrow (4), Multnomah (229), Polk (45), Tillamook (1), Umatilla (34), Union (6), Wallowa (4), Wasco ( 10), Washington (180), Yamhill (32).

COVID-19’s 1604th death in Oregon was a 96-year-old woman in Lane County who tested positive on December 29 and died on January 7 at the PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center – Riverbend. She had underlying conditions.

COVID-19’s 1605th death in Oregon was a 69-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on November 17 and died on January 9; the place of death is being confirmed. He had underlying conditions.

County Cases 1 Total deaths two
Baker 517 5
Folded up 1,558 12
Clackamas 11,082 119
Clatsop 626 3
Columbia 961 16
Coos 884 13
Cheater 530 8
Curry 306 3
Deschutes 4,541 27
Douglas 1,554 42
Gilliam 45 1
Grant 174 1
Harney 156 3
Hood river 903 20
Jackson 6,524 80
Jefferson 1,603 20
Josephine 1,487 28
Klamath 2,260 26
Lake 219 4
banner 7,705 96
Lincoln 950 17
Linn 2,946 36
Malheur 3,041 51
Marion 15,440 223
Tomorrow 885 9
Multnomah 27,137 411
Polk 2,275 34
Sherman 47 0
Tillamook 355 two
Umatilla 6,304 60
Unity 1,055 16
Wallowa 92 3
Wasco 997 22
Washington 17,506 155
Wheeler 17 1
Yamhill 3,001 37
Total 125,683 1,605

1 Includes cases confirmed by diagnostic tests and presumed cases. Presumed cases are those without a positive diagnostic test that show symptoms similar to those of COVID-19 and have had close contact with a confirmed case. The county of residence for cases may change as new information becomes available. If changes occur, we will update our counts accordingly.

2 For additional details on individuals who died of COVID-19 in Oregon, see the OHA press releases

ELRs (electronic laboratory reports) received on 1/9

County Negative ELRs Positive ELRs Total ELRs Positive Percentage
Baker 114 two 116 1.7%
Folded up 156 12 168 7.1%
Clackamas 1,310 127 1,437 8.8%
Clatsop 102 11 113 9.7%
Columbia 175 18 193 9.3%
Coos 99 29 128 22.7%
Cheater 67 13 80 16.3%
Curry 83 0 83 0.0%
Deschutes 551 34 585 5.8%
Douglas 109 14 123 11.4%
Gilliam 4 0 4 0.0%
Grant 29 0 29 0.0%
Harney 7 0 7 0.0%
Hood river 67 10 77 13.0%
Jackson 816 66 882 7.5%
Jefferson 44 8 52 15.4%
Josephine 196 17 213 8.0%
Klamath 121 13 134 9.7%
Lake 6 0 6 0.0%
banner 975 59 1,034 5.7%
Lincoln 70 7 77 9.1%
Linn 259 16 275 5.8%
Malheur 67 3 70 4.3%
Marion 1,026 155 1,181 13.1%
Tomorrow 12 6 18 33.3%
Multnomah 3,236 229 3,465 6.6%
Polk 233 39 272 14.3%
Sherman 6 0 6 0.0%
Tillamook 41 two 43 4.7%
Umatilla 203 39 242 16.1%
Unity 62 0 62 0.0%
Wallowa 7 two 9 22.2%
Wasco 99 4 103 3.9%
Washington 2,294 166 2,460 6.7%
Wheeler 1 0 1 0.0%
Yamhill 454 36 490 7.3%
Statewide 13,101 1,137 14,238 8.0%

Total ELRs received

County Negative ELRs Positive ELRs Total ELRs Positive Percentage
Baker 5,891 1,443 7,334 19.7%
Folded up 78,402 2,417 80,819 3.0%
Clackamas 278,932 15,856 294,788 5.4%
Clatsop 21,876 1,081 22,957 4.7%
Columbia 26,342 1,241 27,583 4.5%
Coos 23,098 1,150 24,248 4.7%
Cheater 9,679 761 10,440 7.3%
Curry 6,075 247 6,322 3.9%
Deschutes 104,422 6,406 110,828 5.8%
Douglas 40,151 1,361 41,512 3.3%
Gilliam 705 27 732 3.7%
Grant 2,729 164 2,893 5.7%
Harney 2,139 164 2,303 7.1%
Hood river 20,028 1,149 21,177 5.4%
Jackson 128,500 8,258 136,758 6.0%
Jefferson 11,928 1,433 13,361 10.7%
Josephine 33,418 1,493 34,911 4.3%
Klamath 30,298 2,319 32,617 7.1%
Lake 1,662 252 1,914 13.2%
banner 249,865 7,981 257,846 3.1%
Lincoln 29,333 1,912 31,245 6.1%
Linn 80,191 5,525 85,716 6.4%
Malheur 14,654 4,319 18,973 22.8%
Marion 210,476 21,853 232,329 9.4%
Tomorrow 4,543 1,025 5,568 18.4%
Multnomah 637,082 38,450 675,532 5.7%
Polk 42,415 2,910 45,325 6.4%
Sherman 941 41 982 4.2%
Tillamook 9,282 309 9,591 3.2%
Umatilla 41,799 6,614 48,413 13.7%
Unity 8,043 834 8,877 9.4%
Wallowa 1,617 55 1,672 3.3%
Wasco 20,267 1,072 21,339 5.0%
Washington 401,786 25,333 427,119 5.9%
Wheeler 276 17 293 5.8%
Yamhill 78,437 4,151 82,588 5.0%
Statewide 2,657,282 169,623 2,826,905 6.0%

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