Oregon reports 387 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 24 new deaths
PORTLAND, Ore. — There are 24 new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 7,139, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. OHA reported 387 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the state total to 703,838.
COVID-19 weekly cases, hospitalizations decline, deaths increase
The COVID-19 Weekly Report released Wednesday, showed declines in weekly cases, COVID-19-related hospitalizations, but an increase in deaths. OHA reported 1,403 new cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, March 21 through Sunday, March 27– a 21% decline from the previous week. COVID-19 cases have fallen 98% from their peak in mid-January. There were 148 COVID-19-related hospitalizations, down from 156 last week. There were 99 COVID-19-related deaths, up from 90 last week. There were 67,504 COVID-19 tests performed at a test positivity rate of 2.7%. This covered testing during the week of March 20-March 26. Wednesday’s COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak Report shows 67 total active outbreaks in care facilities, senior living communities and congregate living settings, with three or more confirmed COVID-19 cases or one or more COVID-19-related deaths.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 104, which is seven fewer than Tuesday. There are 15 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is three fewer than Tuesday. There are 99 available adult ICU beds out of 666 total (15% availability) and 372 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,270 (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
Wednesday, OHA reported that 2,820 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry March 29. Of that total, 222 were initial doses, 290 were second doses and 679 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 1,329 doses were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry March 29. The seven-day running average is now 1,953 doses per day. Oregon has now administered 4,193,393 doses of Pfizer Comirnaty, 245,668 doses of Pfizer pediatric, 2,740,751 doses of Moderna and 270,329 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. As of Wednesday, 3,175,844 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 2,884,347 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 Wednesday.
COVID-19 Cases
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday are in the following counties: Benton (9), Clackamas (31), Clatsop (7), Columbia (4), Coos (6), Curry (6), Deschutes (18), Douglas (9), Hood River (10), Jackson (18), Jefferson (3), Josephine (6), Klamath (4), Lane (32), Lincoln (3), Linn (11), Malheur (2), Marion (41), Multnomah (105), Polk (1), Tillamook (4), Umatilla (3), Wasco (2), Washington (42) and Yamhill (10).