Oregon reports five more COVID-19 related deaths, 560 new cases in 3-day period
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — There were five newly COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon over the past three days, raising the state’s death toll to 6,975, the Oregon Health Authority reported Monday.
OHA reported 560 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Monday, bringing the state total to 701,729.
The five new deaths and 560 new cases reported Monday include data recorded by counties for the three-day period between Friday, March 18 and Sunday, March 20.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 192, which is two more than Sunday. There are 29 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is two fewer than Sunday.
There are 105 available adult ICU beds out of 668 total (16% availability) and 356 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,253 (8% availability).
| 3/21/2022 Available Beds (and Percentage of Staffed Beds Available) | ||||||||
| Statewide | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region 5 | Region 6 | Region 7 | Region 9 | |
| Adult ICU beds available | 105(16%) | 51(15%) | 9(9%) | 17(18%) | 7(12%) | 1(10%) | 12(27%) | 8(31%) |
| Adult non-ICU beds available | 356(8%) | 103(5%) | 31(4%) | 50(9%) | 47(11%) | 10(20%) | 77(19%) | 38(33%) |
Statewide regions are as follows:
Region 1: Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, Tillamook and Washington counties
Region 2: Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties
Region 3: Coos, Curry, Douglas and Lane counties
Region 5: Jackson and Josephine counties
Region 6: Hood River, Gilliam, Sherman and Wasco counties
Region 7: Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake and Wheeler counties
Region 9: Baker, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union and Wallowa counties
St. Charles Bend reported 21 COVID-19-positive patients as of early Monday, one of whom was in the ICU and on a ventilator. The ICU patient was not fully vaccinated, the hospital said, while 13 of the 21 COVID-positive patients were not fully vaccinated.
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.
Vaccinations in Oregon
OHA reported Monday that 1,084 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry Sunday. Of that total, 83 were initial doses, 64 were second doses and 196 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 701 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry Sunday.
The seven-day running average is now 2,309 doses per day.
Oregon has now administered 4,181,576 doses of Pfizer Comirnaty, 243,238 doses of Pfizer pediatric, 2,734,202 doses of Moderna and 269,905 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.
As of Monday, 3,171,775 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 2,879,909 people have completed a COVID-19 vaccine series.
These data are preliminary and subject to change.
Updated vaccination data are provided on Oregon’s COVID-19 data dashboards and have been updated Monday.
Cases and deaths
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported Monday are in the following counties: Benton (14), Clackamas (42), Clatsop (7), Columbia (6), Coos (7), Crook (2), Curry (4), Deschutes (52), Douglas (3), Hood River (3), Jackson (27), Jefferson (9), Josephine (14), Klamath (7), Lake (1), Lane (51), Lincoln (3), Linn (19), Marion (42), Multnomah (139), Polk (8), Tillamook (4), Umatilla (2), Union (2), Wasco (1), Washington (82) and Yamhill (9).
Oregon reports 296 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases on March 18, 157 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases on March 19 and 107 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases on March 20.
Updated information is known about Oregon’s 6,736th death, a 64-year-old man from Washington County; he is not deceased. Because of this update, OHA is renumbering our reports to start with 6,971 Monday.
Oregon’s 6,971st COVID-19-related death is a 30-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 12 and died on Jan.18 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 6,972nd COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old man from Curry County who tested positive Jan. 16 and died on Jan. 24 at Curry General Hospital. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 6,973rd COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old man from Tillamook County who tested positive Jan. 28 and died on Jan. 28 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 6,974th COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive March 4 and died on March 12 at Salem Hospital. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 6,975th COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 27 and died on Jan. 28 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.
Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations
To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit OHA's web page (English or Spanish), which has a breakdown of distribution and other information.
