The agency also corrects information from the press conference: 1 in 4 elderly people have received vaccines so far, not 1 in 3
SALEM, Oregon. (KTVZ) – There are two new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, increasing the number of deaths in the state to 2,206, the Oregon Health Authority reported on Friday.
The OHA also reported 336 new confirmed and presumed cases of COVID-19 at 0:01 AM on Friday, bringing the state total to 154,878.
Vaccinations in Oregon
The OHA reported that 30,594 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added on Friday to the state’s immunization registry. Of that total, 22,353 doses were administered on Thursday and 8,241 were administered in the previous days, but entered the vaccine register on Thursday.
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 911,648 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 1,177,945 doses of the vaccine have been delivered to locations throughout Oregon.
These data are preliminary and subject to change.
St. Charles Health System reported 24,561 COVID-19 vaccinations given on Friday.
OHA panels provide regularly updated vaccination data, and the Oregon panel was updated on Friday.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across Oregon is 152, four fewer than on Thursday. There are 34 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, four fewer than on Thursday.
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.
St. Charles Bend reported 14 patients with COVID-19 as of 4 am Friday morning, two of whom were in the ICU, one on a ventilator.
More information about the hospital’s capacity can be found here.
Cases and deaths
The new confirmed and presumed COVID-19 cases reported on Friday are in the following counties: Baker (2), Benton (7), Clackamas (20), Columbia (5), Coos (15), Curry (8), Deschutes (17), Douglas (19), Harney (1), Hood River (1), Jackson (16), Jefferson (1), Josephine (14), Klamath (9), Lane (28), Linn (12), Malheur (2), Marion (38), Morrow (2), Multnomah (47), Polk (10), Tillamook (2), Umatilla (8), Union (6), Washington (38) and Yamhill (8).
Observation: Due to a server error, a large volume of electronic laboratory reports (ELRs) were not processed until after Thursday’s business hours. Friday’s test scores include all ELRs received on Thursday. Case counts are lower than expected because local health departments were unable to create cases of positive ELRs that were received after hours.
The death of 2,205th COVID-19 in Oregon was a 73-year-old man in Douglas County who tested positive on February 10 and died on February 24 at the Mercy Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
The death of 2,206th COVID-19 in Oregon was a 55-year-old man in Umatilla County, whose test was positive on January 28 and died on February 23 at the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. The presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines
During Friday’s press conference, OHA erroneously reported that the current percentage of elderly vaccinated in Oregon was one in three. This is a mistake. The correct percentage is one in four, or 25%. OHA said it “regrets this miscalculation”.
On Friday, OHA also provided updates on Oregon’s vaccination program and vaccination eligibility:
- Vaccine eligibility will be open to people aged 65 and over on March 1. We hope to have received enough vaccines to immunize at least 75% of all elderly people by March 29, weeks before our original schedules.
- The first members of the general public will be eligible for the COVID vaccine by June 1 and the rest of the general public on July 1.
A revised sequencing infographic highlights the updates (we have it in our story at the press conference).
To learn more about the status of the COVID-19 vaccine in Oregon, visit the OHA website, which contains details on distribution and other useful information.