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Federal data show that Oregon is tracking 40 other states at a slower pace with coronavirus vaccination, delaying vaccine adoption as state deaths reached 1,500 on Sunday. I am.

Oregon has been vaccinated 48,725 times since the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine was approved in mid-December. However, Oregon received 190,500 doses. That is, about 141,000 doses still remain in the box while the virus spreads and continues to mutate. State health officials said yesterday they were given 1,700 doses and another 1,700 shots were recorded.

It takes more than three years to vaccinate all 4.2 million Oregons at a rate of 3,400 shots a day.

According to data reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday, about 75% of the dose received in Oregon has not yet been given, worse than the national average of 67%.

Nationwide, as of Saturday, there were 4.2 million shots out of the 13 million doses delivered.

CDC data show that Oregon is well below some states. It gave more than half of the dose received by nine states. Connecticut, North Dakota, and South Dakota all administered about two-thirds of the dose they received.

Oregon Health and Governor Kate Brown declined to comment on Sunday.

Federal leaders behind the government’s vaccination campaign, Operation Warp Speed, said they expect the pace to accelerate in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread in Oregon. On Sunday, state health officials announced 1,421 newly confirmed and estimated positive COVID-19 cases, along with eight more deaths in Oregon, which has killed 1,500 since the pandemic began. Did. Currently, a total of 117,745 people are positive in Oregon.

If there are new cases by county

Baker (3), Benton (9), Clackamas (202), Clatsop (6), Colombia (14), Couse (20), Crook (4), Curry (6), Deshuts (37), Douglas (3), Harney (2), Hood River (5), Jackson (115), Jefferson (65), Josephine (30), Lane (58), Lincoln (1), Lynn (11), Malheur (2), Marion (221) , Morrow (9), Multnomah (189), Polk (31), Tillamook (7), Umatilla (91), Union (6), Wallowa (2), Wasco (1), Washington (212), Yamhill (59) ..

Death from new COVID

The 1,493th COVID-19 death in Oregon was an 82-year-old man in Coos County who tested positive on 21 December and died at home on 31 December. He had a fundamental condition.

The 1,494th COVID-19 death in Oregon was a 76-year-old man in Marion County who was positive on 28 November and died at Salem Hospital on 1 January. He had a fundamental condition.

The 1,495th COVID-19 death in Oregon was a 88-year-old woman in Marion County who tested positive on 1 December and died at Salem Hospital on 1 January.

The 1,496th COVID-19 death in Oregon was a 77-year-old woman in Polk County who tested positive on November 13 and died at home on December 12.

The 1,497th COVID-19 death in Oregon was an 81-year-old man in Polk County who tested positive on November 30 and died at home on December 15.

The 1,498th COVID-19 death in Oregon was a 79-year-old woman in Polk County who tested positive on December 15 and died at West Valley Hospital on December 28.

The 1,499th COVID-19 death in Oregon was a 77-year-old woman in Union County who tested positive on December 10 and died at Grande Ronde Hospital on January 1.

The 1,500th COVID-19 death in Oregon was a 88-year-old woman in Washington County who was positive on December 18 and died on January 1. The location of her death has been confirmed.

COVID-19 hospitalization

The total number of patients admitted to COVID-19 in Oregon is 483, 15 more than yesterday. There are 109 COVID-19 patients in the bed in the intensive care unit, unchanged from yesterday.

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