Oregon reports 41 more deaths from COVID-19, 1,346 new cases

89 new cases in deschutes county, 19 in Crook county, 23 in Jefferson county

PORTLAND, Oregon. (KTVZ) – There are 41 new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, increasing the number of deaths in the state to 1,708, the Oregon Health Authority reported on Wednesday.

The OHA also reported 1,346 new confirmed and presumed cases of COVID-19 at 00:01 on Wednesday, bringing the state total to 129,109.

note: A human error resulted in the loss of a small number of reports sent via the online portal from 6:45 am to 8:30 am on Wednesday.

OHA does not know what types of reports have been lost (lab reports, REALD reports or MIS-C reports). Based on the volume of recent reports, we estimate that these results were likely to be negative or pending laboratory results and that no more than 20 would have been received during the time of the error. We are contacting all parties who recently submitted reports through the online portal to request that all those who submitted from 6:45 am to 8:30 am on January 13 resend these results.

OHA will continue to review and evaluate the process.

Vaccinations in Oregon

On Wednesday, 14,722 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines were added to the state’s immunization registry. Of that total, 9,071 doses of vaccine were administered on Tuesday and 5,651 were administered in the previous days, but were entered in the vaccine register on Tuesday.

Oregon has administered a cumulative total of 129,782 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. All vaccinations were administered by Oregon hospitals, long-term care facilities, emergency medical service agencies (EMS), urgent care facilities and Local Public Health Authorities (LPHAs).

To date, 321,225 doses of the vaccine have been delivered to locations in Oregon.

These data are preliminary and subject to change.

The St. Charles Health System reported giving 4,898 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines on Wednesday.

OHA panels provide regularly updated vaccination data.

COVID-19 Hospitalizations

The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across Oregon is 434, which is 31 more than on Tuesday. There are 103 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, that is, 10 more than on Tuesday.

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 45 patients with COVID-19 as of 4 am on Wednesday, nine of whom were in the ICU, six on ventilators.

More information about the hospital’s capacity can be found here.

Cases and deaths

NOTE: The details of the death are being analyzed and will be published in an updated version of this press release.

The new confirmed and presumed COVID-19 cases reported on Wednesday are in the following counties: Baker (16), Benton (29), Clackamas (105), Clatsop (10), Columbia (13), Coos (9), Crook (19), Deschutes (89), Douglas (25), Gilliam (1), Grant (8), Harney (2), Hood River (6), Jackson (58), Jefferson (23), Josephine (64), Klamath (32), Lake (2), Lane (98), Lincoln (3), Linn (50), Malheur (24), Marion (97), Morrow (9), Multnomah (307), Polk (28), Tillamook (11), Umatilla (52), Union (7), Wasco (13), Washington (110) and Yamhill (26).