Oregon reports 421 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 14 new deaths
PORTLAND, Ore. — There are 14 new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 6,899, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. OHA reported 421 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, bringing the state total to 700,361.
Oregon crosses threshold of 700,000 COVID-19 cases
Tuesday Oregon crossed the threshold of 700,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Oregon now ranks second lowest among states in the number of cases per capita (16,596 per 100,000). However, the pandemic isn’t over, and COVID-19 poses a risk to many people. State health officials recommend Oregonians keep in mind the ‘5 Essentials’ for navigating and staying safe during the current phase of the pandemic.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 224, which is 24 fewer than Monday. There are 34 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is four fewer than Monday. There are 99 available adult ICU beds out of 671 total (15% availability) and 369 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,277 (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
Tuesday, OHA reported that 2,826 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry March 14. Of that total, 304 were initial doses, 304 were second doses and 855 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 1,210 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry March 14. The seven-day running average is now 2,403 doses per day. Oregon has now administered 4,172,607 doses of Pfizer Comirnaty, 241,319 doses of Pfizer pediatric, 2,729,635 doses of Moderna and 269,559 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. As of Tuesday, 3,168,610 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 2,876,447 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 Tuesday.
COVID-19 Cases
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday are in the following counties: Benton (8), Clackamas (40), Clatsop (4), Columbia (2), Coos (6), Crook (3), Curry (1), Deschutes (20), Douglas (12), Grant (6), Hood River (3), Jackson (17), Jefferson (6), Josephine (10), Klamath (14), Lake (3), Lane (45), Lincoln (4), Linn (9), Marion (38), Multnomah (80), Polk (10), Tillamook (3), Umatilla (8), Wasco (4), Washington (61) and Yamhill (4).