Oregon Reports 1 More COVID-19 Death, 111 New Cases; delays of technical problems

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – There is one new death linked to COVID-19 in Oregon, bringing the state’s death toll to 2,155, along with 111 new cases, the United States Health Authority reported on Sunday. Oregon, noting that technical issues had temporarily reduced the number of cases. .

The OHA reported 111 new confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases as of 12:01 am Sunday morning, bringing the state total to 152,818.

Due to a server error, a large number of electronic lab (ELR) results were not processed on Saturday, the agency said. As a result, Sunday’s case and ELR totals are lower than normal and Monday’s total is expected to be higher than usual. The backlog of ELRs is being processed.

Vaccinations in Oregon

The OHA reported that 21,202 new doses of COVID-19 vaccine were added to the state’s immunization registry on Sunday. Of this total, 17,894 doses were administered on Saturday and 3,308 were administered the previous days, but were entered in the vaccine registry on Saturday.

It may take several days for the cumulative daily totals to be finalized because providers have 72 hours to report doses administered and technical issues have caused many providers to be late in reporting. The OHA provided technical support to vaccination sites to improve the timeliness of their data entry into the state’s ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS).

Oregon has now administered a cumulative total of 802,404 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 924,575 doses of vaccine have been delivered to sites across Oregon.

These data are preliminary and subject to change. The OHA dashboards provide regularly updated immunization data, and the Oregon dashboard was updated on Sunday.

COVID-19 hospitalizations

The number of hospital patients with COVID-19 in Oregon is 166, three more than Saturday. There are 44 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, seven fewer than on Saturday.

The total number of patients in hospital beds may fluctuate between reporting times. Figures do not reflect admissions per day or length of hospital stay. Staff limitations are not taken into account in this data and may further limit bed capacity.

For more information on the capacity of the hospital, click here.

Cases and deaths

The new confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday are in the following counties: Benton (3), Clackamas (4), Columbia (9), Coos (9), Curry (3), Deschutes (11), Douglas ( 21), Jackson (2), Jefferson (3), Josephine (1), Klamath (1), Lake (1), Lane (13), Lincoln (1), Linn (1), Marion (11), Multnomah ( 8)), Polk (4), Umatilla (1), Washington (3), Yamhill (1).

The 2,155th death from COVID-19 in Oregon is an 84-year-old man in Clackamas County who tested positive on February 16 and died on February 20 in the hospital at Kaiser Westside Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.

1 This includes cases confirmed by diagnostic tests and suspected cases. Presumptive cases are those without a positive diagnostic test who present with COVID-19-like symptoms and have had close contact with a confirmed case. The county of residence for cases may change as new information becomes available. If any changes occur, we will update our accounts accordingly.

2 For more details on those who died from COVID-19 in Oregon, please see OHA press releases

There is no one day ELR table for yesterday due to the ELR processing error that occurred.

Cumulative ELRs

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations

To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit the OHA webpage, which features a distribution breakdown and other useful information.