[ad_1]
The Oregon Health Authority on Thursday announced 553 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 new deaths.
The new numbers came as large numbers of older people trying to book vaccine appointments faced technical glitches on the state’s website, which crashed Thursday for some users. Websites used to schedule vaccine appointments also failed three days earlier.
After Monday’s scheduling issues, clinic operators said their websites were slowly evolving due to the large number of people visiting them. The Oregon Health Authority did not immediately clarify what caused Thursday’s problems.
Where new cases are by county: Baker (2), Benton (12), Clackamas (46), Columbia (4), Coos (26), Crook (2), Curry (5), Deschutes (10), Douglas (27), Harney (1), Hood River (2), Jackson (75), Jefferson (9), Josephine (13), Klamath (6), Lane (51), Lincoln (3), Linn (16), Malheur (4), Marion (58) , Morrow (3), Multnomah (66), Polk (12), Tillamook (3), Umatilla (17), Union (4), Wasco (1), Washington (61) and Yamhill (14).
Who is dead: The 2,195th death from COVID-19 is a 96-year-old Deschutes County woman who tested positive on February 8 and died on February 18 at her home.
The 2,196th death from COVID-19 is a 71-year-old Douglas County woman who tested positive on February 8 and died on February 23 at her home.
The 2,197th death from COVID-19 is a 94-year-old Jackson County man who tested positive on December 29 and died on February 13 at his home.
The 2,198th death from COVID-19 is a 63-year-old woman from Jefferson County who tested positive on December 18 and died on February 5 at St. Charles Bend Hospital. She had no underlying condition.
The 2199th death from COVID-19 is a 71-year-old man from Klamath County who tested positive on February 7 and died on February 23 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.
The 2,200th death from COVID-19 is an 88-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive on December 1 and died on December 13 at his home.
The 2,201st COVID-19 death is an 87-year-old Lane County man who tested positive on February 16 and died on February 23 at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center.
The 2202nd COVID-19 death is an 88-year-old Marion County man who tested positive on December 19 and died on February 23 at his home.
The 2,203rd death from COVID-19 is a 68-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive on December 7 and died on December 5 at her home.
The 2,204th death from COVID-19 is a 59-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive on February 5 and died on February 15 at Adventist Health Portland.
Unless stated otherwise above, each person who died had underlying health issues or state officials were working to determine if the person had any underlying medical conditions.
Prevalence of infections: The state reported 492 new cases out of 20,101 tests performed. That’s a 2.4% positivity rate.
Who was infected: New or suspected infections have increased in the following age groups: 0-9 years (23); 10-19 (75); 20-29 (114); 30-39 (75); 40-49 (59); 50-59 (72); 60-69 (47); 70 to 79 (11); 80 years and over (18).
Who is in the hospital: The state reported 156 patients in hospital with COVID-19 on Thursday, six fewer than the day before. There are 38 COVID-19 patients in intensive care, eight fewer than Wednesday.
Vaccines administered: The state reported 22,841 new doses of vaccine to the state immunization registry on Thursday. Of this total, 15,684 doses were administered Wednesday and 7,157 were administered the previous days, but entered the register Wednesday. On Thursday, the state administered 881,206 first and second doses of the vaccine, or 75 percent of its total supply.
Since he started: Oregon has reported 154,554 confirmed or suspected positive cases of the virus and 2,204 deaths, among the lowest positivity rates in the country. The state reported administering 3,546,317 tests.
—Jayati Ramakrishnan; 503-221-4320; [email protected]; @JRamakrishnanOR
[ad_2]
Source link