PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported 2,437 new and presumptive COVID-19 cases and 21 additional deaths in its daily update on Thursday.
The new cases bring the state's total number of recorded infections since the beginning of the pandemic to 294,392. The state's death toll climbed to 3,394.
Weekly breakthrough case report
OHA has released its weekly breakthrough case data. It found that between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4, 80.7% of the 13,798 reported cases were found in unvaccinated people. There were 2,657 breakthrough cases.
Vaccinated people who have contracted the virus are less likely to have serious symptoms, be hospitalized or die. Local health officials said breakthrough cases who end up hospitalized are mostly people who are otherwise immunocompromised.
Only 4.9% of the state's 16,417 vaccine breakthrough cases have been hospitalized and 0.9% of those cases have died. The median age of those deaths was 80. The median age for breakthrough cases is 48 and breakthrough cases have been reported in all 36 counties.
The median age of breakthrough cases during the Aug. 29 - Sept. 4. period was 48. There were 74 breakthrough cases involving residents of care facilities, senior living communities or other congregate care settings, and there were 55 reported breakthrough cases in people aged 12-17.
The number of vaccine breakthrough cases identified in Oregon remains very small when compared to the more than 2.42 million individuals in Oregon who have completed their COVID-19 vaccination series.
The latest breakthrough report can be found here.
Hospitalizations and deaths rise
Though OHA recorded a slight drop in COVID-19 cases last week, hospitalizations and deaths continue to climb.
OHA reported 15,753 cases from Aug. 30-Sept. 5, which was a 3% decrease over the previous week and ends the eight-week record for increasing numbers.
However, COVID-related hospitalizations rose for the ninth week in a row from 1,000 to 1,036, a new pandemic high weekly number.
OHA also reported 176 deaths in that period, up from the 119 reported the previous week. This is the sixth week in a row that death tolls have risen.
In its daily report, OHA reported 1,150 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across Oregon, which is 12 more than was reported on Wednesday. There are 288 COVID-19 patients in ICU beds, which is nine fewer than was reported on Wednesday.
There are 56 available adult ICU beds out of 641 total (9% availability) and 307 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,354 (7% availability).
Vaccines
The seven-day running average is now 8,654 doses per day.
As of Thursday, Oregon has administered 2,857,236 doses of Pfizer, 1,864,787 doses of Moderna and 203,992 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.
2,658,741 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 2,423,777 people have completed a COVID-19 vaccine series.
Cases and deaths
The cases reported on Thursday were found in the following counties:
Baker (22), Benton (27), Clackamas (204), Clatsop (37), Columbia (27), Coos (45), Crook (39), Curry (13), Deschutes (152), Douglas (168), Grant (20), Harney (6), Hood River (8), Jackson (190), Jefferson (21), Josephine (90), Klamath (25), Lake (7), Lane (189), Lincoln (18), Linn (134), Malheur (75), Marion (203), Morrow (2), Multnomah (203), Polk (98), Tillamook (15), Umatilla (119), Union (22), Wallowa (3), Wasco (23), Washington (180) and Yamhill (52).
Oregon’s 3,374th COVID-19 death was a 74-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive on Aug. 10 and died on Sept. 6 at Mercy Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,375th COVID-19 death was an 83-year-old woman from Clatsop County who tested positive on Aug. 24 and died on Sept. 2 at her residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,376th COVID-19 death was an 87-year-old man from Clatsop County who tested positive on Aug. 15 and died on Aug. 26. Location of death is being confirmed. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,377th COVID-19 death was a 49-year-old man from Clatsop County who tested positive on Aug. 9 and died on Sept. 3 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,378th COVID-19 death was a 71-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive on Aug. 27 and died on Sept. 7 at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,379th COVID-19 death was a 76-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive on Aug. 20 and died on Sept. 8 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,380th COVID-19 death was a 90-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 20 and died on Aug. 26 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,381st COVID-19 death was a 75-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 12 and died on Sept. 1 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,382nd COVID-19 death was a 63-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 10 and died on Sept. 7 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,383rd COVID-19 death was a 60-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 5 and died on Aug. 30 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,384th COVID-19 death was a 46-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on Aug. 14 and died on Sept. 7 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,385th COVID-19 death was an 89-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on Sept. 4 and died on Sept. 7 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,386th COVID-19 death was a 72-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive on Aug. 16 and died on Sept. 1 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,387th COVID-19 death was a 73-year-old woman from Tillamook County who tested positive on Aug. 21 and died on Sept. 3 at Adventist Health Tillamook. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,388th COVID-19 death was a 98-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive on Sept. 3 and died on Sept. 7 at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,389th COVID-19 death was an 83-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive on Aug. 28 and died on Sept. 7 at Salem Hospital. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,390th COVID-19 death was a 45-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive on July 25 and died on Sept. 7 at Salem Hospital. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,391st COVID-19 death was a 92-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive on Aug. 16 and died on Sept. 5 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 3,392nd COVID-19 death was an 86-year-old man from Umatilla County who tested positive on Aug. 20 and died on Sept. 3 at Providence St. Mary Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,393rd COVID-19 death was a 73-year-old man from Umatilla County who tested positive on Aug. 20 and died on Aug. 30 at Good Shepherd Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 3,394th COVID-19 death was a 43-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive on Aug. 26 and died on Sept. 7 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
