Vaccinations decrease, but the average of the week reaches 12,000 goals
PORTLAND, Oregon. (KTVZ) – COVID-19 claimed five more lives in Oregon, increasing the death toll in the state to 1,808, the Oregon Health Authority reported on Tuesday.
The OHA also reported 637 new confirmed and presumed cases of COVID-19 at 0:01 AM on Tuesday, bringing the state total to 134,468.
Vaccinations in Oregon
On Tuesday, the OHA reported that 8,141 new doses of COVID-19 vaccines were added to the state’s immunization registry. Of that total, 5,511 doses of vaccine were administered on Monday and 2,630 were administered in the previous days, but entered the vaccine register on Monday.
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 opportunity for their data entry into the state’s ALERT Immunization Information System.
Based on the data currently entered, the average daily number of vaccinations in the last seven days was 12,289 doses administered per day.
| Administration Date | Total doses |
| Tuesday, January 12 | 12,775 |
| Wednesday, January 13 | 14,533 |
| Thursday, January 14 | 13,836 |
| Friday, January 15 | 14,759 |
| Saturday, January 16 | 15,094 |
| Sunday, January 17 | 9,513 |
| Monday, January 18 | 5,511 |
Oregon has administered a cumulative total of 225,066 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. All vaccines were administered by Oregon hospitals, long-term care facilities, emergency medical service agencies, emergency care facilities and local public health officials.
To date, 339,950 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 Tuesday.
The St. Charles Health System reported 7,723 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations given on Tuesday.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across Oregon is 328, 14 fewer than on Monday. There are 92 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, two less than on Monday.
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.
St. Charles Bend reported 31 COVID-19 patients on Tuesday morning, five of them in the ICU, who are all on ventilators.
Cases and deaths
The new confirmed and presumed COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday are in the following counties: Baker (5), Benton (16), Clackamas (63), Clatsop (1), Columbia (5), Coos (3), Crook (2), Deschutes (37), Douglas (5), Hood River (1), Jackson (41), Jefferson (2), Josephine (27), Klamath (25), Lake (3), Lane (71), Lincoln (5), Linn (7), Marion (67), Morrow (2), Multnomah (125), Polk (14), Tillamook (1), Umatilla (13), Union (4), Wasco (4), Washington (76) and Yamhill (12).
COVID-19’s 1,804th death in Oregon was a 78-year-old man in Deschutes County who tested positive on January 5 and died on January 15 at St. Charles Bend Hospital. He had underlying conditions.
COVID-19’s 1,805th death in Oregon was a 78-year-old woman in Josephine County who tested positive on December 28 and died on January 18 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
COVID-19’s 1,806th death in Oregon was an 81-year-old woman in Lane County, who tested positive on November 25 and died on December 15 at her home. She had underlying conditions.
COVID-19’s 1,807th death in Oregon was a 91-year-old man in Washington County, who tested positive on December 11 and died on January 15 at his home. He had underlying conditions.
COVID-19’s 1,808th death in Oregon was a 65-year-old woman in Washington County who tested positive on January 4 and died on January 17 at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital. She had underlying conditions.
Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines
To learn more about the status of the COVID-19 vaccine in Oregon, visit the OHA website, which contains an analysis of distribution and other useful information.