Oregon reports 5 more COVID-19 related deaths, 339 new cases

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- There are five new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,362, the Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday.

OHA reported 339 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday, bringing the state total to 161,320.

Vaccinations in Oregon

A total of 35,608 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added Saturday to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 22,630 vaccine doses were administered on Friday, and 12,978 were administered on previous days but entered into the vaccine registry on Friday.

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 1,487,154 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. All vaccinations occurred at Oregon hospitals, long-term care facilities, emergency medical service (EMS) agencies, urgent care facilities and Local Public Health Authorities (LPHAs). 

To date, 1,858,385 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 Saturday.

COVID-19 hospitalizations

The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 106, which is nine fewer than Friday. There are 26 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is four fewer than Friday.

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. 

Cases and deaths

The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported Saturday are in the following counties: Baker (1), Benton (15), Clackamas (39), Clatsop (5), Columbia (1), Coos (16), Crook (2), Curry (6), Deschutes (4), Douglas (11), Hood River (1), Jackson (31), Jefferson (1), Josephine (25), Klamath (3), Lane (18), Lincoln (3), Linn (16), Malheur (3), Marion (32), Multnomah (51), Polk (1), Tillamook (3), Umatilla (7), Union (3), Wasco (1), Washington (38), Yamhill (2).

Oregon’s 2,358th COVID-19 death is a 78-year-old woman in Lane County who tested positive Feb. 19 and died March 3 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,359th COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old man in Coos County who tested positive March 17 and died March 18 at Bay Area Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,360th COVID-19 death is a 94-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive Feb. 4 and died Feb. 11 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,361st COVID-19 death is a 70-year-old man in Yamhill County who tested positive Feb. 4 and died March 11 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,362nd COVID-19 death is a 77-year-old woman in Columbia County who tested positive Feb. 25 and died March 8 at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

County	Total Cases 1	Total deaths 2
Baker	698	12
Benton	2,491	18
Clackamas	13,867	196
Clatsop	807	7
Columbia	1,302	24
Coos	1,790	24
Crook	796	18
Curry	514	8
Deschutes	6,163	70
Douglas	2,773	58
Gilliam	54	1
Grant	259	1
Harney	283	6
Hood River	1,075	29
Jackson	8,944	120
Jefferson	2,001	31
Josephine	2,636	59
Klamath	2,907	56
Lake	393	6
Lane	10,556	139
Lincoln	1,178	20
Linn	3,722	59
Malheur	3,384	58
Marion	19,037	295
Morrow	1,055	14
Multnomah	32,643	557
Polk	3,152	48
Sherman	53	0
Tillamook	465	2
Umatilla	7,816	82
Union	1,346	20
Wallowa	145	5
Wasco	1,236	27
Washington	21,884	221
Wheeler	25	1
Yamhill	3,870	70
Statewide	161,320	2,362

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

2 For additional details on individuals who have died from COVID-19 in Oregon, please refer to OHA's press releases

Electronic Laboratory Reporting received March 19, 2021

County	Negative ELRs	Positive ELRs	Total ELRs	Percent Positivity
Baker	76	0	76	0.0%
Benton	669	18	687	2.6%
Clackamas	1,491	82	1,573	5.2%
Clatsop	108	9	117	7.7%
Columbia	93	3	96	3.1%
Coos	250	22	272	8.1%
Crook	43	5	48	10.4%
Curry	140	13	153	8.5%
Deschutes	644	8	652	1.2%
Douglas	344	8	352	2.3%
Gilliam	5	0	5	0.0%
Grant	6	0	6	0.0%
Harney	7	0	7	0.0%
Hood River	120	1	121	0.8%
Jackson	863	42	905	4.6%
Jefferson	39	1	40	2.5%
Josephine	297	37	334	11.1%
Klamath	105	4	109	3.7%
Lake	28	1	29	3.4%
Lane	2,255	25	2,280	1.1%
Lincoln	138	1	139	0.7%
Linn	518	19	537	3.5%
Malheur	71	1	72	1.4%
Marion	1,203	37	1,240	3.0%
Morrow	29	0	29	0.0%
Multnomah	3,386	81	3,467	2.3%
Polk	236	5	241	2.1%
Tillamook	38	0	38	0.0%
Umatilla	190	14	204	6.9%
Union	91	3	94	3.2%
Wallowa	10	1	11	9.1%
Wasco	64	1	65	1.5%
Washington	2,186	78	2,264	3.4%
Wheeler	17	0	17	0.0%
Yamhill	451	7	458	1.5%
Statewide	16,211	527	16,738	3.1%

Cumulative Electronic Laboratory Reporting

County	Negative ELRs	Positive ELRs	Total ELRs	Percent Positivity
Baker	9,600	1,644	11,244	14.6%
Benton	117,402	3,911	121,313	3.2%
Clackamas	379,870	21,356	401,226	5.3%
Clatsop	30,106	1,437	31,543	4.6%
Columbia	35,664	1,776	37,440	4.7%
Coos	38,368	2,138	40,506	5.3%
Crook	14,397	1,105	15,502	7.1%
Curry	9,297	437	9,734	4.5%
Deschutes	159,554	8,251	167,805	4.9%
Douglas	65,697	3,092	68,789	4.5%
Gilliam	1,079	42	1,121	3.7%
Grant	4,563	236	4,799	4.9%
Harney	3,695	335	4,030	8.3%
Hood River	28,059	1,509	29,568	5.1%
Jackson	183,201	13,264	196,465	6.8%
Jefferson	17,193	1,781	18,974	9.4%
Josephine	56,115	2,996	59,111	5.1%
Klamath	40,548	3,251	43,799	7.4%
Lake	4,523	394	4,917	8.0%
Lane	401,019	12,449	413,468	3.0%
Lincoln	37,609	2,417	40,026	6.0%
Linn	117,301	7,159	124,460	5.8%
Malheur	22,714	4,956	27,670	17.9%
Marion	298,797	28,593	327,390	8.7%
Morrow	6,468	1,274	7,742	16.5%
Multnomah	890,855	49,046	939,901	5.2%
Polk	60,484	4,150	64,634	6.4%
Sherman	1,248	62	1,310	4.7%
Tillamook	12,475	450	12,925	3.5%
Umatilla	58,000	8,690	66,690	13.0%
Union	16,543	1,684	18,227	9.2%
Wallowa	2,701	142	2,843	5.0%
Wasco	30,528	1,532	32,060	4.8%
Washington	548,084	36,039	584,123	6.2%
Wheeler	607	24	631	3.8%
Yamhill	117,340	6,209	123,549	5.0%
Statewide	3,821,704	233,831	4,055,535	5.8%

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations

To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit OHA's web page, which has a breakdown of distribution and other useful information.