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State health officials on Saturday announced 1,010 more confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases along with two more deaths, bringing the state’s death toll to 1,492 since the start of the pandemic and the total number of cases to 116,348 cases.
State corrections officials also announced on Saturday another death of an inmate who had tested positive for COVID-19 at the Two Rivers Correctional Institute in Umatilla. The man, believed to be between 50 and 60 years old, is the 23rd inmate to die after testing positive.
Vaccine administration continues to lag in Oregon as it does across the country. State health officials said 190,500 doses were given in Oregon. Yet only 45,295 doses have been administered, meaning that approximately 76% of the vaccines distributed have yet to be administered.
Corrections told staff this week that they administered 400 doses of the Moderna vaccine. Further rounds of vaccinations will not begin until Jan. 11 due to vaccine shipping schedules, the department said.
The Oregon Health Authority said statewide it had recorded 880 doses of the vaccine given on Friday, including 419 doses given on Friday and 461 previous injections that had not yet been recorded. All vaccinations took place at hospitals, long-term care facilities, EMS agencies, emergency care facilities and local health departments, the agency said.
Where new cases are by county
Baker (2), Benton (18), Columbia (26), Crook (10), Curry (1), Deschutes (66), Douglas (11), Gilliam (2), Harney (2), Hood River (11) , Jackson (22), Jefferson (28), Josephine (35), Klamath (78), Lane (101), Lincoln (16), Linn (35), Malheur (14), Marion (134), Morrow (4) , Multnomah (197), Polk (37), Tillamook (5), Umatilla (53), Wallowa (1), Wasco (10) and Washington (91).
New COVID deaths
The 1491st COVID-19 death in Oregon is a 75-year-old woman in Hood River County who tested positive on December 19 and died on January 1 at her home. She had underlying conditions.
The 1,492nd death from COVID-19 in Oregon is a 95-year-old woman in Douglas County who tested positive on December 31 and died on December 31 at Mercy Medical Center. The presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospital patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 468, 2 more than Friday. There are 109 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, no change from Friday.
– Rob Davis
503,294,7657; @robwdavis
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