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August 17, 2021

Note: This is an updated press release to include death information

Contact: OHA External Relations, orcovid19.media@dhsoha.state.or.us

Oregon reports 2,941 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 15 new deaths

PORTLAND, Ore. — There are 15 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,964, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today.

Oregon Health Authority reported 2,941 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 245,758. The 2,941 cases reported today includes new cases that were reported to some counties over the weekend.

Vaccinations in Oregon

Today, OHA reported that 6,439 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 2,144 were initial doses and 1,056 were second doses administered on Aug. 16. The remaining 3,075 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry on Aug. 16.

Oregon has now administered 2,727,893 first and second doses of Pfizer, 1,812,233 first and second doses of Moderna and 190,254 single doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.

As of today, 2,557,489 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 2,354,372 people have completed a COVID-19 vaccine series.

Cumulative daily totals can take several days to finalize because providers have 72 hours to report doses administered and technical challenges have caused lags in providers reporting updated information. 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).

These data are preliminary and subject to change.

Updated vaccination data are provided on Oregon’s COVID-19 data dashboards and have been updated today.

COVID-19 hospitalizations

The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 838, which is 86 more than yesterday. There are 222 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is 16 more than yesterday.

As of this morning, there are 66 available adult ICU beds out of 649 total (10% availability) and 275 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,142 (6.6% availability).

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 today are in the following counties: Baker (3), Benton (29), Clackamas (151), Clatsop (36), Columbia (71), Coos (76), Crook (27), Curry (8), Deschutes (94), Douglas (300), Gilliam (6), Harney (14), Hood River (12), Jackson (247), Jefferson (11), Josephine (110), Klamath (52), Lane (253), Lincoln (42), Linn (110), Malheur (39), Marion (363), Morrow (11), Multnomah (145), Polk (43), Tillamook (27), Umatilla (84), Union (40), Wallowa (4), Wasco (25), Washington (420) and Yamhill (88).

Oregon’s 2,950th death is a 71-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive on July 23 and died on Aug. 14 at Ashland Community Hospital. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,951st death is a 77-year-old woman from Hood River County who tested positive on Aug. 14 and died on Aug. 14; location of death is being confirmed. She had no underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,952nd death is a 69-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive on July 19 and died on Aug. 14 at Mercy Medical Center. He had no underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,953rd death is a 92-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive on Aug. 12 and died on Aug. 14 at her residence. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,954th death is a 62-year-old man from Coos County who tested positive on Aug. 1 and died on Aug. 13 at Bay Area Hospital. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,955th death is an 85-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive on Aug. 5 and died on Aug. 13 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,956th death is a 70-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on July 30 and died on Aug. 14 at Providence Medford Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,957th death is a 63-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on July 28 and died on Aug. 15 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,958th death is a 47-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive on July 23 and died on Aug. 14 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,959th death is a 94-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive on Aug. 4 and died on Aug. 15 at Salem Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,960th death is a 67-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on Aug. 4 and died on Aug. 13 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,961st death is a 64-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive on Aug. 13. Date and location of death and presence of underlying conditions are being confirmed. 

Oregon’s 2,962nd death is a 73-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive on Aug. 9 and died on Aug. 13. Location of death and presence of underlying conditions are being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,963rd death is an 82-year-old woman from Umatilla County who tested positive on Aug. 3 and died on Aug. 14 at Good Shepherd Community Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,964th death is a 29-year-old woman from Umatilla County who tested positive on July 29 and died on Aug. 10 at Mid-Columbia Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon updates non-viable vaccine disclosure^1,2,3

OHA’s non-viable vaccine table has been moved to the Tableau dashboard. You can find the link to the weekly tab here. OHA reports updates on vaccines not being used each Tuesday in our daily media release.

¹Updated: 08/17/21 

²Data source: ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS)

³Data is preliminary and subject to change.

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations  

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

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