Oregon reports an additional 32 COVID-19-related deaths and 437 cases, which are declining sharply each week.

The death toll last week was 17, the lowest since early July last year.Cases and hospitalizations are also significantly reduced

Portland, Oregon (KTVZ)-There were 32 new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, and the state’s death toll increased to 2,194, the Oregon Health Department reported Wednesday. Number of cases, hospitalization.

The Oregon Department of Health reported 437 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 am today, bringing the state to a total of 154,062 cases.

Vaccination in Oregon

OHA reported on Wednesday that 22,406 COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state’s vaccination registry. Of this total, 14,502 doses were given on Tuesday and 7,904 were given the day before, but were enrolled in the vaccine registry on Tuesday.

Cumulative daily totals can take several days to finalize, as providers have 72 hours to report the dose administered and many providers are behind in reporting due to technical challenges. OHA has provided technical support to vaccination sites to improve the timeliness of data entry into the state’s ALERT Vaccination Information System (IIS).

Oregon is currently receiving a total of 858,481 COVID-19 vaccines for the first and second doses. To date, 1,133,695 doses of vaccine have been delivered to sites throughout Oregon.

The St. Charles Health System reported 23,388 COVID-19 vaccinations as of early Wednesday.

These data are tentative and subject to change. OHA Dashboard The Oregon dashboard was updated on Wednesday, providing vaccination data that is updated on a regular basis.

COVID-19 hospitalized

There are 162 patients admitted to COVID-19 throughout Oregon, three fewer than on Tuesday. There are 46 COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) bed, two more than Tuesday.

The total number of patients in bed can fluctuate during reporting times. This number does not reflect the number of hospital stays or length of stay per day. This data does not include personnel limits and may further limit bed capacity.

St. Charles Bend reported 15 COVID-19 patients as of Wednesday at 4 am, two of whom were in the ICU and one who was on mechanical ventilation.

Learn more about hospital capacity.

OHA added New dashboard tool Shows sites validated by the Oregon Vaccination Program to inoculate and administer the COVID-19 vaccine.

Just because it appears on this dashboard means that your site is vaccinated with COVID-19, is receiving COVID-19 vaccine onsite, or has COVID-19 vaccine in stock. It doesn’t mean. The new dashboard tool shows the progress of registration of potential COVID-19 vaccine providers throughout the state.

This tool is not intended for scheduling use.Go to COVID-19 vaccine web page Vaccination details, enrollment in eligibility notices, and search for vaccination providers in the county.

Weekly COVID-19 data and outbreak reports

Oregon Health Department COVID-19 Weekly reportReleased on Wednesday, shows a sharp decrease in daily cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the previous week.

OHA reported 2,260 new cases of COVID-19 during the week from Monday, February 15th to Sunday, February 21st. This is a 35% decrease from last week.

New COVID-19-related hospitalizations decreased by 42%, from 272 to 159.

COVID-19-related deaths have also decreased from 114 to 17. This represents the lowest number of weekly deaths since the week of June 29th to July 5th.

There were 70,200 COVID-19 tests during the week from February 14th to February 20th, a sharp decrease from the previous week. The percentage of positive tests was 3.5%.

People over the age of 70 account for 77% of virus-related deaths.

Wednesday COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak Report Shows 74 active COVID-19 outbreaks in the elderly living community and collective living environment, with 3 or more confirmed cases and 1 or more COVID-19-related deaths.

Incident and death

Details of the deaths reported on Wednesday will be published later.

Newly confirmed estimated COVID-19 cases reported on Wednesday were Baker (6), Benton (22), Craccamus (38), Kratosop (6), Colombia (10), Couse (16), Crook (8). ) Is in the county. ), Curry (1), Deschutz (28), Douglas (28), Jackson (27), Jefferson (7), Josephine (20), Klamath (4), Lane (33), Lincoln (2), Lynn (6) ), Malheur (3), Marion (33), Morrow (5), Multnomah (55), Polk (11), Sherman (1), Tillamook (3), Umatilla (15), Union (1), Wasco (1) ), Washington (41) and Yamhill (6).

Details of COVID-19 vaccination

For more information on the status of the COVID-19 vaccine in Oregon, see OHA Web page, A new infographic featuring the difference in distribution OHA Vaccine Tool And other useful information.