Oregon reports 289 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 11 new deaths
PORTLAND, Ore. — There are 11 new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 6,971, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported at 12:01 a.m. Friday. OHA reported 289 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Friday, bringing the state total to 701,198.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 213, which is two fewer than Thursday. There are 35 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is three more than Thursday. There are 99 available adult ICU beds out of 676 total (15% availability) and 388 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,289 (9% 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
Friday, OHA reported that 3,273 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry March 17. Of that total, 289 were initial doses, 377 were second doses and 991 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 1,460 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry March 17. The seven-day running average is now 2,364 doses per day. Oregon has now administered 4,177,695 doses of Pfizer Comirnaty, 242,537 doses of Pfizer pediatric, 2,732,389 doses of Moderna and 269,761 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. As of Friday, 3,170,505 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 2,878,577 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 Friday.
Report correction
An earlier version of the COVID-19 Weekly Breakthrough Report, published Thursday, incorrectly tallied the number of unvaccinated people who were among the 2,532 cases of COVID-19 reported to OHA. The correct number is 1,584, or 62.6% of all cases.
COVID-19 Cases
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported Friday are in the following counties: Baker (1), Benton (1), Clackamas (22), Columbia (5), Coos (3), Crook (2), Curry (1), Deschutes (29), Douglas (7), Grant (3), Harney (3), Hood River (3), Jackson (17), Jefferson (3), Josephine (8), Klamath (6), Lake (2), Lane (25), Lincoln (2), Linn (5), Malheur (1), Marion (15), Morrow (3), Multnomah (76), Polk (4), Sherman (1), Tillamook (3), Wallow (2), Wasco (3), Washington (27) and Yamhill (6).