Oregon reports 560 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths
PORTLAND, Ore. — There are five new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 6,975, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported at 12:01 a.m. Monday. OHA reported 560 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Monday, bringing the state total to 701,729. The five new deaths and 560 new cases reported today include data recorded by counties for the three-day period between March 18 and March 20.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 192, which is two more than Friday. There are 29 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is two fewer than Friday. There are 105 available adult ICU beds out of 668 total (16% availability) and 356 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,253 (8% 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 1,084 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry March 20. Of that total, 83 were initial doses, 64 were second doses and 196 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 701 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry March 20. The seven-day running average is now 2,309 doses per day. Oregon has now administered 4,181,576 doses of Pfizer Comirnaty, 243,238 doses of Pfizer pediatric, 2,734,202 doses of Moderna and 269,905 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. As of Monday, 3,171,775 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 2,879,909 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: Benton (14), Clackamas (42), Clatsop (7), Columbia (6), Coos (7), Crook (2), Curry (4), Deschutes (52), Douglas (3), Hood River (3), Jackson (27), Jefferson (9), Josephine (14), Klamath (7), Lake (1), Lane (51), Lincoln (3), Linn (19), Marion (42), Multnomah (139), Polk (8), Tillamook (4), Umatilla (2), Union (2), Wasco (1), Washington (82) and Yamhill (9).