PORTLAND, Oregon. (KTVZ) – There are nine new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, including two in Deschutes County, increasing the number of deaths in the state to 2,293, the Oregon Health Authority reported on Friday.
The OHA also reported 251 new confirmed and presumed cases of COVID-19 at 0:01 AM on Friday, bringing the state total to 156,884.
Vaccinations in Oregon
The OHA reported that 38,632 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added on Friday to the state’s immunization registry. Of that total, 22,438 doses were administered on Thursday and 16,194 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 opportunity for their data entry into the state’s ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS).
Oregon has administered a cumulative total of 1,082,241 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 1,348,255 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 Friday.
The St. Charles Health System reported 29,001 COVID-19 vaccinations given on Friday.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across Oregon is 132, eight fewer than on Thursday. There are 30 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, that is, one more than on Thursday.
The total number of patients in hospital beds may fluctuate between reporting times. The figures do not reflect hospitalizations per day, nor the length of hospital stay. Personnel limitations are not captured in this data and can further limit the capacity of beds.
St. Charles Bend reported 10 COVID-19 patients at 4 am on Friday, one in the ICU and on a ventilator.
More information about the hospital’s capacity can be found here.
OHA updates methods of counting age and race data in vaccination records
The OHA has adjusted the way it reports race and ethnicity data in its COVID-19 panels, beginning in late February, for people on the state’s immunization record known as ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS), or ALERT IIS.
The system previously counted race and ethnicity data for people who received a COVID-19 vaccine as non-exclusive categories, where an individual contributed to the count of all races that were indicated in their ALERT IIS record. As of February 25, data on race and ethnicity started to be counted in only one racial or ethnic group.
This change followed the recommendations provided by the Oregon Office of Equity and Inclusion. Race and ethnic categories include: American Indian / Alaskan native, Asian, black, Hispanic, native of Hawaii / Pacific Islander, white, other race and unknown. The Hispanic category is treated as a racial group.
Individuals may still have multiple running indications in their ALERT IIS record.
The age category listings for people also changed on February 25 to reflect the state’s phased approach to opening vaccine eligibility to older Oregon residents. The panels now show older Oregonians in groups of five, for ages 60 to 80.
As of Friday, data on Oregon residents who have been vaccinated will include county-level race and ethnicity information on COVID-19 panels.
Cases and deaths
Observation: A server problem on Thursday and a large volume of approximately 29,000 electronic laboratory reports (ELRs) received on March 3 contribute to Friday’s high ELR count. The high volume of test results runs from March 2020 to March 2021. Friday’s test counts include this grouping of ELRs. The percent positivity was lower than anticipated on Friday.
The new confirmed and presumed COVID-19 cases reported on Friday are in the following counties: Baker (7), Benton (5), Clackamas (17), Clatsop (1), Coos (31), Crook (1), Curry (5), Deschutes (15), Douglas (24), Grant (3), Jackson (29), Jefferson (1), Josephine (7), Klamath (4), Lake (1), Lane (14), Linn (4), Malheur (4), Marion (22), Multnomah (13), Polk (10), Tillamook (4), Umatilla (10), Union (2), Wallowa (1), Washington (15) and Yamhill (1 )
COVID-19’s 2,285th death in Oregon was a 77-year-old woman in Deschutes County who tested positive on December 25 and died on January 20 at her home. She had underlying conditions.
The 2,286th death of COVID-19 in Oregon was an 88-year-old woman in Deschutes County, who died on January 24 at her home. The death certificate listed the disease COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 as the cause of death or a significant condition that contributes to death. She had underlying conditions.
The 2,287th death of COVID-19 in Oregon was an 82-year-old man in Jackson County who tested positive on January 28 and died on March 3 at the Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
COVID-19’s 2,288th death in Oregon was an 80-year-old man in Jackson County who tested positive on January 27 and died on February 26 at his home. He had underlying conditions.
COVID-19’s 2,289th death in Oregon was a 64-year-old woman in Josephine County who tested positive on December 22 and died on February 19 at Stanford Health Care. She had underlying conditions.
COVID-19’s 2,290th death in Oregon was a 95-year-old man in Lane County, whose test was positive on February 19 and died on February 27 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.
The death of 2,291th COVID-19 in Oregon was an 88-year-old woman in Lane County who tested positive on December 23 and died on December 29 at her home. She had underlying conditions.
COVID-19’s 2,292th death in Oregon was an 84-year-old woman in Polk County, who died on January 27 at her residence. The death certificate listed the disease COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 as the cause of death or a significant condition that contributes to death. She had underlying conditions.
COVID-19’s 2,293th death in Oregon was an 81-year-old woman in Washington County who tested positive on December 31 and died on January 10 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.
In yesterday’s edition of the OHA Coronavirus Update, we highlighted the work of the OHA partner One Community Health at a vaccine clinic in the village of Celilo. It was a vaccination event that “required” collaboration between two states, four counties, the “Intertribal Fish Commission, social service agencies and transportation partners.
“Our Longhouse is a place of worship and we were unable to use it during COVID,” said Karen? Whitford, a Tribal Elder who lives 12 miles east of? Dalles? In? Celilo? Village.? In? January. 27,? After a prayer? Ceremonial?,? Whitford? And 103 tribal members from across the Columbia River Gorge? Did you receive the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine? At the Longhouse.
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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.