Oregon reports 775 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 16 new deaths
PORTLAND, Ore. — There are 16 new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 6,885, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported at 12:01 a.m. Monday. OHA reported 775 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Monday, bringing the state total to 699,960. The 16 new deaths and 775 new cases reported today include data recorded by counties for the three-day period between March 11 and March 13.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 248, which is five fewer than Friday. There are 38 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is one fewer than Friday. re are 102 available adult ICU beds out of 668 total (15% availability) and 418 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,255 (10% availability). The total number of patients in hospital beds may fluctuate between report times. The numbers do not reflect admissions per day, nor the length of hospital stay. Staffing limitations are not captured in this data and may further limit bed capacity.
Vaccinations in Oregon
Monday, OHA reported that 2,063 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry March 13. Of that total, 80 were initial doses, 77 were second doses and 292 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 1,589 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry March 13. The seven-day running average is now 2,583 doses per day. Oregon has now administered 4,171,127 doses of Pfizer Comirnaty, 240,874 doses of Pfizer pediatric, 2,728,821 doses of Moderna and 269,519 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. As of Monday, 3,168,070 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 2,875,830 people have completed a COVID-19 vaccine series. These data are preliminary and subject to change. Updated vaccination data are provided on Oregon’s COVID-19 data dashboards and have been updated Monday.
COVID-19 Cases
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported Monday are in the following counties: Baker (3), Benton (4), Clackamas (104), Clatsop (5), Columbia (6), Coos (15), Crook (2), Curry (4), Deschutes (64), Douglas (15), Grant (17), Harney (1), Hood River (3), Jackson (45), Jefferson (1), Josephine (23), Klamath (10), Lane (82), Lincoln (3), Linn (20), Malheur (1), Marion (44), Multnomah (167), Polk (12), Tillamook (2), Umatilla (7), Wallowa (6), Wasco (4), Washington (90) and Yamhill (15).