Governor Brown instructs OHA to release more details about the deaths weekly
PORTLAND, Oregon. (KTVZ) – There are 19 new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, including two in Deschutes County, increasing the number of deaths in the state to 1,957, the Oregon Health Authority said on Saturday.
OHA also reported 707 new confirmed and presumed cases of COVID-19 at 0:01 am on Saturday, bringing the state total to 142,416 cases.
After criticism of OHA’s decision to stop releasing detailed daily information on COVID-19 deaths emerged, Governor Kate Brown instructed the agency to continue doing so on a weekly basis.
In a pandemic, Oregon’s residents must have access to timely information to keep themselves and their families safe. I’ve been driving @OHAOregon disclose all data on deaths from COVID-19 weekly, including the date the individual tested positive, their age, location and underlying health conditions.
– Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) January 29, 2021
Vaccinations in Oregon
On Saturday, OHA reported that 25,500 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines were added to the state’s immunization registry. Of that total, 19,867 doses were administered on Friday and 5,633 on previous days, but entered the vaccine register on Friday.
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 timeliness of their data entry into the state’s ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS).
Oregon has administered a cumulative total of 407,869 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 665,325 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 Saturday.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across Oregon is 280, eight fewer than on Friday. There are 67 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, one less than on Friday.
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 new confirmed and presumed COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday are in the following counties: Benton (7), Clackamas (64), Columbia (14), Coos (15), Crook (7), Curry (1), Deschutes (26 ), Douglas (8), Hood River (6), Jackson (42), Jefferson (8), Josephine (30), Klamath (22), Lake (1), Lane (62), Lincoln (5), Linn ( 18), Malheur (9), Marion (63), Morrow (7), Multnomah (122), Polk (25), Tillamook (1), Umatilla (36), Union (5), Wasco (9), Washington ( 82) and Yamhill (12).
New deaths by age group
| <29 | 0 |
| 30-39 | 0 |
| 40-49 | 0 |
| 50-59 | 0 |
| 60-69 | 3 |
| 70-79 | 3 |
| 80+ | 13 |
| total | 19 |
| County | Cases1 | Total deathstwo |
| Baker | 589 | 5 |
| Folded up | 1899 | 14 |
| Clackamas | 12469 | 145 |
| Clatsop | 732 | 5 |
| Columbia | 1116 | 19 |
| Coos | 1086 | 16 |
| Cheater | 689 | 15 |
| Curry | 330 | 5 |
| Deschutes | 5403 | 45 |
| Douglas | 1850 | 48 |
| Gilliam | 53 | 1 |
| Grant | 217 | 1 |
| Harney | 194 | 6 |
| Hood river | 1012 | 24 |
| Jackson | 7456 | 100 |
| Jefferson | 1774 | 25 |
| Josephine | 1954 | 36 |
| Klamath | 2634 | 52 |
| Lake | 268 | 6 |
| banner | 9091 | 113 |
| Lincoln | 1066 | 18 |
| Linn | 3305 | 50 |
| Malheur | 3259 | 56 |
| Marion | 17181 | 259 |
| Tomorrow | 986 | 11 |
| Multnomah | 29920 | 474 |
| Polk | 2684 | 41 |
| Sherman | 49 | 0 |
| Tillamook | 378 | two |
| Umatilla | 7150 | 74 |
| Unity | 1173 | 18 |
| Wallowa | 100 | 3 |
| Wasco | 1159 | 23 |
| Washington | 19769 | 191 |
| Wheeler | 22 | 1 |
| Yamhill | 3399 | 55 |
| Grand total | 142,416 | 1,957 |
1This 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.
twoFor additional details on individuals who died of COVID-19 in Oregon, see our press releases
ELRs (electronic laboratory reports) received on 1/29
| County | Negative ELRs | Positive ELRs | Total ELRs | Percent positivity |
| Baker | 173 | 5 | 178 | 2.8% |
| Folded up | 571 | 10 | 581 | 1.7% |
| Clackamas | 1462 | 75 | 1537 | 4.9% |
| Clatsop | 189 | 3 | 192 | 1.6% |
| Columbia | 174 | 11 | 185 | 5.9% |
| Coos | 280 | 21 | 301 | 7.0% |
| Cheater | 75 | 5 | 80 | 6.3% |
| Curry | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0.0% |
| Deschutes | 602 | 18 | 620 | 2.9% |
| Douglas | 228 | 4 | 232 | 1.7% |
| Gilliam | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Grant | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% |
| Harney | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0.0% |
| Hood river | 112 | 4 | 116 | 3.4% |
| Jackson | 856 | 70 | 926 | 7.6% |
| Jefferson | 95 | 7 | 102 | 6.9% |
| Josephine | 391 | 27 | 418 | 6.5% |
| Klamath | 280 | 14 | 294 | 4.8% |
| Lake | 13 | 1 | 14 | 7.1% |
| banner | 2035 | 62 | 2097 | 3.0% |
| Lincoln | 73 | 9 | 82 | 11.0% |
| Linn | 730 | 30 | 760 | 3.9% |
| Malheur | 66 | 7 | 73 | 9.6% |
| Marion | 1408 | 111 | 1519 | 7.3% |
| Tomorrow | 67 | 11 | 78 | 14.1% |
| Multnomah | 4081 | 149 | 4230 | 3.5% |
| Polk | 233 | 13 | 246 | 5.3% |
| Sherman | two | 1 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Tillamook | 36 | two | 38 | 5.3% |
| Umatilla | 191 | 32 | 223 | 14.3% |
| Unity | 27 | 1 | 28 | 3.6% |
| Wallowa | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0.0% |
| Wasco | 131 | 7 | 138 | 5.1% |
| Washington | 2152 | 113 | 2265 | 5.0% |
| Wheeler | two | 0 | two | 0.0% |
| Yamhill | 675 | 21 | 696 | 3.0% |
| Statewide | 17477 | 844 | 18321 | 4.6% |
Total ELRs received
| County | Negative ELRs | Positive ELRs | Total ELRs | Percent positivity |
| Baker | 7017 | 1617 | 8634 | 18.7% |
| Folded up | 91017 | 2868 | 93885 | 3.1% |
| Clackamas | 309933 | 17589 | 327522 | 5.4% |
| Clatsop | 24182 | 1202 | 25384 | 4.7% |
| Columbia | 29148 | 1426 | 30574 | 4.7% |
| Coos | 26710 | 1083 | 27793 | 3.9% |
| Cheater | 10837 | 920 | 11757 | 7.8% |
| Curry | 7035 | 257 | 7292 | 3.5% |
| Deschutes | 116176 | 7113 | 123289 | 5.8% |
| Douglas | 45249 | 1616 | 46865 | 3.4% |
| Gilliam | 765 | 28 | 793 | 3.5% |
| Grant | 3115 | 172 | 3287 | 5.2% |
| Harney | 2325 | 180 | 2505 | 7.2% |
| Hood river | 22859 | 1267 | 24126 | 5.3% |
| Jackson | 145484 | 9372 | 154856 | 6.1% |
| Jefferson | 13338 | 1532 | 14870 | 10.3% |
| Josephine | 38477 | 1872 | 40349 | 4.6% |
| Klamath | 34139 | 2669 | 36808 | 7.3% |
| Lake | 2149 | 283 | 2432 | 11.6% |
| banner | 295252 | 10017 | 305269 | 3.3% |
| Lincoln | 31792 | 2061 | 33853 | 6.1% |
| Linn | 92945 | 6107 | 99052 | 6.2% |
| Malheur | 16173 | 4592 | 20765 | 22.1% |
| Marion | 234824 | 24260 | 259084 | 9.4% |
| Tomorrow | 5018 | 1140 | 6158 | 18.5% |
| Multnomah | 710319 | 41721 | 752040 | 5.5% |
| Polk | 47782 | 3349 | 51131 | 6.5% |
| Sherman | 1003 | 44 | 1047 | 4.2% |
| Tillamook | 10114 | 342 | 10456 | 3.3% |
| Umatilla | 45727 | 7370 | 53097 | 13.9% |
| Unity | 8974 | 919 | 9893 | 9.3% |
| Wallowa | 1813 | 59 | 1872 | 3.2% |
| Wasco | 23569 | 1224 | 24793 | 4.9% |
| Washington | 446693 | 27784 | 474477 | 5.9% |
| Wheeler | 298 | 20 | 318 | 6.3% |
| Yamhill | 90064 | 4681 | 94745 | 4.9% |
| Statewide | 2992315 | 188756 | 3181071 | 5.9% |
Server maintenance
OHA has scheduled the time to perform server and file migration maintenance on its data management system known as the Oregon Pandemic Emergency Response Application (OPERA). OPERA serves as the state database for COVID-19 cases.
OPERA will be down from 10am to 10pm today, Saturday, January 30th. The work being done means that the OHA Health Information Center will not be reporting information on COVID-19 cases and deaths on Sunday. We can see an increase in the total number of cases reported on Monday, as laboratory results reported on Saturday will not be processed until Sunday.
OHA’s daily media releases will return on Monday, February 1.
In addition to OPERA, Oregon’s COVID-19 Reporting Portal was down from 10 am to 11 am on Saturday to allow server maintenance. The providers were unable to send the test results to the portal during that time.
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.