Coronavirus in Oregon: 909 new cases, 19 deaths – DBN Health News

Coronavirus in Oregon: 909 new cases, 19 deaths

Date

12.16.21

The Oregon Health Authority on Thursday reported 909 new known cases of COVID-19 and 19 deaths.

The state also released a new vaccine breakthrough report showing that 70 percent of the 4,983 reported COVID-19 cases between Dec. 5 and Dec. 11 occurred in people who were not vaccinated or not fully vaccinated. The other 30 percent were among fully vaccinated individuals, roughly in line with the share of breakthrough infections in recent weeks.

The average age of the breakthrough cases during that period was 44. To date, there have been 49,250 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases in Oregon. The average age is 47, and such cases have been reported in all 36 counties.

To date, 4.4% of all vaccine breakthrough cases have been hospitalized and 1.3% have died. The average age of vaccinated people who died was 81.

Where the new cases are by county: Baker (3), Benton (15), Clackamas (88), Clatsop (17), Columbia (11), Coos (29), Crook (5), Curry (4), Deschutes (60), Douglas (25), Hood River (3), Jackson (67), Jefferson (9), Josephine (25), Klamath (10), Lake (1), Lane (65), Lincoln (16), Linn (36), Malheur (2), Marion (76), Morrow (3), Multnomah (133), Polk (28), Tillamook (10), Umatilla (14), Union (1), Wallowa (1), Wasco (5), Washington (121) and Yamhill (26).

Deaths: The state did not immediately report details of the 19 new deaths.

Hospitalizations: 389 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 are hospitalized, up nine from Wednesday. That number includes 96 people in intensive care units, two more than Wednesday.

Vaccines: The state reported 4,223 people receiving first shots since Tuesday.

Since it began: Oregon has reported 404,229 confirmed or presumed infections and 5,527 deaths, among the lowest per capita numbers in the nation. To date, the state has reported 6,474,685 vaccine doses administered, fully vaccinating 2,735,236 people and partially vaccinating 271,589 people.

To see more data and trends, visit https://projects.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/

— Ted Sickinger; tsickinger@oregonian.com; 503-221-8505; @tedsickinger

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