October 28, 2020
We have noted some confusion about COVID-19 deaths and funding. OHA funding is not based on the number of COVID-19 cases or deaths we report. The number of cases or deaths that local public health departments report also does not have a connection to the funding they receive from OHA. Our goal in reporting data is to inform the public and share how, as a community, we can limit the effects of COVID-19.
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The Oregon Health Authority released its COVID-19 Weekly Report today. During the week of Monday, Oct. 19, through Sunday, Oct. 25, OHA recorded 2,642 new cases of COVID-19. That is a 14% increase from the previous week and a record high for the pandemic.
The number of newly tested Oregonians rose to 31,448, and the percentage of positive tests held steady at 6.5%. Twenty-seven people were reported to have died in association with COVID-19 — compared to 25 the previous week — and 143 were hospitalized.
People age 20 to 49 accounted for the largest percentage of infection at 56%, despite accounting for 39% of the total population. People younger than 30 accounted for 37% of the cases.
People over 80 accounted for 51% of COVID-19 associated deaths, and people over 70 accounted for 75% of deaths associated with the illness.
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, OHA reminds people to:
COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 671, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today.
OHA also reported 424 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 43,228.
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Baker (8), Benton (3), Clackamas (35), Clatsop (2), Columbia (1), Coos (7), Crook (2), Deschutes (26), Douglas (4), Hood River (2), Jackson (35), Klamath (3), Lake (3), Lane (34), Lincoln (1), Linn (11), Malheur (16), Marion (34), Morrow (1), Multnomah (110), Polk (6), Tillamook (2), Umatilla (17), Union (9), Wasco (1), Washington (48) and Yamhill (3).
Oregon’s 665th COVID-19 death is a 55-year-old man in Jefferson County who tested positive on July 18 and died on Sept. 13 at St. Charles Medical Center Madras. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 666th COVID-19 death is an 81-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Oct. 11 and died on Oct. 24 at Adventist Health Portland. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 667th COVID-19 death is a 68-year-old woman in Multnomah County who tested positive on Aug. 14 and died on Oct. 24 at Kaiser Westside Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 668th COVID-19 death is a 58-year-old woman in Coos County who tested positive on Oct. 15 and died on Oct. 22 in her residence. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 669th COVID-19 death is a 78-year-old man in Jackson County who tested positive on Oct. 13 and died on Oct. 26 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 670th COVID-19 death is a 62-year-old man in Clackamas County who tested positive on Sept. 18 and died on Oct. 24 at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center. He did not have underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 671st COVID-19 death is an 85-year-old woman in Washington County who tested positive on Oct. 16 and died on Oct. 23 at Kaiser Westside Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
NOTE: Updated information is available about Oregon’s 447th COVID-19 death, a man in Multnomah County. His age was incorrectly reported as 29. He was 34. OHA regrets this error.
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