‘Tragic milestone’: Oregon reports 3 more COVID-19 related deaths as toll tops 2,500; 756 new cases

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- There are three new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,501, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday.

OHA also reported 756 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 186,344.

"More than 2,500 deaths in Oregon is a tragic milestone in the pandemic," OHA said in Sunday's update. "Oregon Health Authority extends condolences to all of those who have lost a family member, friend, colleague or community member to COVID-19."

Vaccinations in Oregon

OHA reported Sunday that 22,443 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 19,147 doses were administered on Saturday and 3,296 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry on Saturday.

The seven-day running average is now 33,710 doses per day.

Oregon has now administered a total of 1,632,561 first and second doses of Pfizer, 1,315,255 first and second doses of Moderna and 96,938 single doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.

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).

To date, 1,940,445 doses of Pfizer, 1,575,700 doses of Moderna and 228,800 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines 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 Sunday.

COVID-19 hospitalizations

The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 345, which is 14 more than Saturday. There are 76 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is five more than Saturday.

The total number of COVID-19 positive patient bed-days in the most recent seven days is 2,322, which is a 21.3% increase from the previous seven days. The peak daily number of beds occupied by COVID-19 positive patients in the most recent seven days is 345.

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 Sunday are in the following counties: Benton (16), Clackamas (93), Columbia (4), Crook (8), Deschutes (67), Douglas (11), Grant (1), Hood River (6), Jackson (13), Jefferson (4), Josephine (10), Klamath (35), Lane (56), Lincoln (3), Linn (24), Malheur (1), Marion (81), Morrow (1), Multnomah (217), Polk (12), Tillamook (2), Union (1), Wasco (2), Washington (74) and Yamhill (14).

Oregon’s 2,499th death is a 74-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive on April 17 and died on April 29 at Salem Hospital. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,500th death is a 72-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive on April 23 and died on April 30. Location of death and presence of underlying conditions are being confirmed.  

Oregon’s 2,501st death is an 84-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive on April 19 and died on April 29 at Salem Hospital. He had underlying conditions.

County	Total Cases 1	Total deaths 2
Baker	919	14
Benton	2,934	19
Clackamas	16,589	208
Clatsop	956	8
Columbia	1,662	26
Coos	2,032	32
Crook	1,002	20
Curry	634	9
Deschutes	8,182	73
Douglas	3,164	69
Gilliam	57	1
Grant	493	4
Harney	329	8
Hood River	1,166	30
Jackson	10,522	131
Jefferson	2,139	32
Josephine	3,244	67
Klamath	4,097	59
Lake	437	7
Lane	12,462	144
Lincoln	1,358	20
Linn	4,580	66
Malheur	3,464	61
Marion	21,339	302
Morrow	1,093	15
Multnomah	37,049	575
Polk	3,612	52
Sherman	57	1
Tillamook	624	3
Umatilla	8,089	84
Union	1,436	23
Wallowa	175	5
Wasco	1,359	28
Washington	24,755	229
Wheeler	26	1
Yamhill	4,308	75
Statewide	186,344	2,501

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 our press releases

ELRs (Electronic Lab Reports) received 05/01/2021

County	Negative ELRs	Positive ELRs	Total ELRs	Percent Positivity
Baker	11	2	13	15.4%
Benton	442	14	456	3.1%
Clackamas	1,035	110	1,145	9.6%
Clatsop	88	9	97	9.3%
Columbia	106	11	117	9.4%
Coos	77	3	80	3.8%
Crook	79	13	92	14.1%
Curry	12	0	12	0.0%
Deschutes	528	52	580	9.0%
Douglas	98	9	107	8.4%
Gilliam	3	0	3	0.0%
Grant	19	4	23	17.4%
Harney	7	1	8	12.5%
Hood River	80	2	82	2.4%
Jackson	477	18	495	3.6%
Jefferson	50	4	54	7.4%
Josephine	106	7	113	6.2%
Klamath	90	23	113	20.4%
Lake	3	1	4	25.0%
Lane	808	73	881	8.3%
Lincoln	75	2	77	2.6%
Linn	418	33	451	7.3%
Malheur	43	2	45	4.4%
Marion	866	90	956	9.4%
Morrow	11	0	11	0.0%
Multnomah	2,256	206	2,462	8.4%
Polk	204	13	217	6.0%
Sherman	5	0	5	0.0%
Tillamook	59	1	60	1.7%
Umatilla	87	6	93	6.5%
Union	8	1	9	11.1%
Wallowa	9	1	10	10.0%
Wasco	62	5	67	7.5%
Washington	1,466	96	1,562	6.1%
Wheeler	2	0	2	0.0%
Yamhill	381	18	399	4.5%
Statewide	10,071	830	10,901	7.6%

Cumulative ELRs

County	Negative ELRs	Positive ELRs	Total ELRs	Percent Positivity
Baker	11,512	1,835	13,347	13.7%
Benton	138,273	4,501	142,774	3.2%
Clackamas	435,389	25,334	460,723	5.5%
Clatsop	34,072	1,671	35,743	4.7%
Columbia	41,771	2,268	44,039	5.1%
Coos	46,130	2,491	48,621	5.1%
Crook	18,116	1,327	19,443	6.8%
Curry	11,238	527	11,765	4.5%
Deschutes	187,862	10,345	198,207	5.2%
Douglas	80,838	3,584	84,422	4.2%
Gilliam	1,220	44	1,264	3.5%
Grant	5,993	384	6,377	6.0%
Harney	4,162	377	4,539	8.3%
Hood River	31,841	1,659	33,500	5.0%
Jackson	214,784	15,874	230,658	6.9%
Jefferson	19,462	1,959	21,421	9.1%
Josephine	71,528	3,742	75,270	5.0%
Klamath	48,743	4,610	53,353	8.6%
Lake	5,182	420	5,602	7.5%
Lane	478,726	14,907	493,633	3.0%
Lincoln	42,759	2,669	45,428	5.9%
Linn	137,603	8,484	146,087	5.8%
Malheur	25,860	5,102	30,962	16.5%
Marion	343,823	31,913	375,736	8.5%
Morrow	7,338	1,316	8,654	15.2%
Multnomah	1,027,765	55,256	1,083,021	5.1%
Polk	70,208	4,758	74,966	6.3%
Sherman	1,384	67	1,451	4.6%
Tillamook	14,765	620	15,385	4.0%
Umatilla	65,318	9,038	74,356	12.2%
Union	21,086	1,804	22,890	7.9%
Wallowa	3,181	174	3,355	5.2%
Wasco	34,163	1,694	35,857	4.7%
Washington	632,485	40,739	673,224	6.1%
Wheeler	702	28	730	3.8%
Yamhill	134,453	7,040	141,493	5.0%
Statewide	4,449,735	268,561	4,718,296	5.7%

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations

To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit OHA's webpage (English or Spanish), which has a breakdown of distribution and other information.