Oregon reports 38 more COVID-19 related deaths, including 3 in Deschutes Co.

(Update: Details of Friday's reported deaths; Deschutes County now at 55)

Also reports first 4 'breakthrough cases' in fully vaccinated people

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — There are 38 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including three in Deschutes County, raising the state’s death toll to 2,094 and the county's to 55, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.

Oregon Health Authority reported 517 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Friday, bringing the state total to 149,576.

Media availability highlights

Friday’s media briefing recording is available here, and the slides from Friday’s briefing are available here.

Vaccinations in Oregon

On Friday, OHA reported that 25,772 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 16,877 doses were administered on Thursday and 8,895 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry on Thursday.

Cumulative daily totals can take several days to finalize because providers have 72 hours to report doses administered and technical challenges have caused many providers to lag in their reporting. OHA has been providing 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 649,602 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 884,275 doses of vaccine have been delivered to sites across Oregon.

These data are preliminary and subject to change. OHA's dashboards provide regularly updated vaccination data, and Oregon’s dashboard has been updated Friday.

St. Charles Health System reports 22,754 COVID-19 vaccinations have been given as of early Friday.

COVID-19 hospitalizations

The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 202, which is seven fewer than Thursday. There are 48 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is two fewer than Thursday.

The total number of patients in hospital beds may fluctuate between report times. The numbers do not reflect admissions per day, nor the length of hospital stay. Staffing limitations are not captured in this data and may further limit bed capacity.

More information about hospital capacity can be found here.

St. Charles Bend reported 16 COVID-19 patients as of 4 a.m. Friday, four of whom were in the ICU, three on ventilators.

OHA is investigating 'breakthrough' cases

OHA announced Friday the discovery of four “breakthrough” cases of COVID-19. These are cases where an individual has tested positive for COVID-19 at least 14 days after completing their vaccination series.

Two of the cases are in Yamhill County and two are in Lane County. OHA is working with local public health officials to investigate the origin. Their illnesses range from asymptomatic to mild symptoms.

Genome sequencing is underway, and we expect results next week.

Such cases are not unexpected. Clinical trials of both vaccines presently in use included breakthrough cases. In those cases, even though the participants got COVID-19, the vaccines reduced the severity of illness.

Based on what is known about vaccines for other diseases and early data from clinical trials, OHA experts believe the existing vaccines are very effective.

Cases and deaths

The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported Friday are in the following counties: Benton (31), Clackamas (43), Clatsop (1), Columbia (3), Coos (8), Crook (5), Curry (5), Deschutes (32), Douglas (18), Harney (3), Hood River (2), Jackson (35), Jefferson (11), Josephine (16), Klamath (10), Lake (7), Lane (48), Lincoln (4), Linn (13), Marion (59), Morrow (4), Multnomah (57), Polk (13), Tillamook (1), Umatilla (19), Union (3), Wallowa (2), Wasco (1), Washington (50) and Yamhill (13).

Oregon’s 2,057th COVID-19 death is an 89-year-old woman in Clackamas County who tested positive on Jan. 15 and died on Jan. 24 at Providence Portland Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,058th COVID-19 death is a 67-year-old woman in Clackamas County who tested positive on Dec. 31 and died on Jan. 17 at Providence Portland Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,059th COVID-19 death is an 87-year-old woman in Clackamas County who tested positive on Dec. 21 and died on Jan. 23 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,060th COVID-19 death is a 61-year-old man in Clackamas County who tested positive on Dec. 14 and died on Jan. 14 at Adventist Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,061st COVID-19 death is a 103-year-old woman in Clackamas County who tested positive on Dec. 13 and died on Dec. 30 at her residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,062nd COVID-19 death is a 74-year-old woman in Deschutes County who tested positive on Jan. 6 and died on Jan. 13 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,063rd COVID-19 death is a 74-year-old woman in Deschutes County who tested positive on Jan. 4 and died on Jan. 15 at St. Charles Bend. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,064th COVID-19 death is a 76-year-old man in Deschutes County who tested positive on Dec. 28 and died on Jan. 8 at St. Charles Bend. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,065th COVID-19 death is a 92-year-old woman in Josephine County who tested positive on Dec. 31 and died on Jan. 16 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,066th COVID-19 death is a 74-year-old man in Josephine County who tested positive on Dec. 28 and died on Jan. 10 at his residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,067th COVID-19 death is a 98-year-old man in Josephine County who tested positive on Dec. 19 and died on Jan. 7 at his residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,068th COVID-19 death is an 82-year-old woman in Klamath County who tested positive on Dec. 20 and died on Jan. 18 at her residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,069th COVID-19 death is an 83-year-old man in Lane County who tested positive on Dec. 7 and died on Jan. 3 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,070th COVID-19 death is a 48-year-old man in Lane County who tested positive on Feb. 10 and died on Feb. 10 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,071st COVID-19 death is a 95-year-old man in Linn County who tested positive on Jan. 9 and died on Jan. 20 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,072nd COVID-19 death is an 85-year-old woman in Linn County who tested positive on Nov. 12 and died on Dec. 7 at her residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,073rd COVID-19 death is a 78-year-old man in Malheur County who tested positive on Dec. 4 and died on Jan. 12 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,074th COVID-19 death is a 98-year-old woman in Marion County who tested positive on Nov. 30 and died on Jan. 4 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,075th COVID-19 death is an 84-year-old man in Marion County who tested positive on Jan. 7 and died on Feb. 10 at Salem Hospital. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,076th COVID-19 death is an 85-year-old woman in Multnomah County who tested positive on Nov. 15 and died on Dec. 29 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,077th COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Dec. 2 and died on Jan. 5 at his residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,078th COVID-19 death is a 73-year-old woman in Multnomah County who tested positive on Dec. 9 and died on Jan. 1 at Adventist Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,079th COVID-19 death is a 91-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Dec. 7 and died on Jan. 23 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,080th COVID-19 death is a 93-year-old woman in Multnomah County who tested positive on Dec. 13 and died on Dec. 30 at her residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,081st COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old woman in Multnomah County who tested positive on Dec. 10 and died on Jan. 10 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,082nd COVID-19 death is a 97-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Dec. 25 and died on Jan. 8 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,083rd COVID-19 death is an 84-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Dec. 20 and died on Dec. 28 at his residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,084th COVID-19 death is a 76-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Jan. 6 and died on Jan. 25 at his residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,085th COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Dec. 31 and died on Jan. 12 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,086th COVID-19 death is a 69-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Jan. 12 and died on Feb. 10 at Legacy Mt. Hood Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,087th COVID-19 death is an 84-year-old man in Washington County who tested positive on Nov. 23 and died on Dec. 20 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,088th COVID-19 death is a 91-year-old man in Washington County who tested positive on Nov. 20 and died on Jan. 18 at his residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,089th COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old man in Washington County who tested positive on Dec. 9 and died on Dec. 29 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,090th COVID-19 death is a 79-year-old woman in Washington County who tested positive on Dec. 17 and died on Jan. 13 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,091st COVID-19 death is an 86-year-old man in Washington County who tested positive on Dec. 13 and died on Dec. 19 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,092nd COVID-19 death is a 95-year-old woman in Washington County who tested positive on Jan. 7 and died on Jan. 18 at Providence Portland Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,093rd COVID-19 death is a 71-year-old man in Umatilla County who tested positive on Jan. 19 and died on Jan. 21 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,094th COVID-19 death is a 95-year-old man in Yamhill County who tested positive on Nov. 23 died on Jan. 3 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations

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