Oct. 21, 2021
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Make booster doses of the Moderna vaccine available to certain groups who received two doses of the Moderna vaccine at least 6 months previously. These include people age 65 and older; and people 18 years and older who live or work in high-risk settings, live in long-term care settings, have underlying health conditions or have disabilities (including intellectual/developmental disabilities).
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Make booster doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine available to everyone 18 years and older who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at least 2 months previously.
From the moment COVID-19 made the news, Michelle Geltner knew she had just one job–to protect her son, Ezra, who has Down Syndrome, from getting it. “I took that seriously,” said Michelle, who has several roommates. “The whole house catered around making sure Ezra, who is 8 years old, didn’t get it. Everyone was so careful.”
The extra efforts were working until Ezra, who also has hypothyroidism and minor asthma, was exposed to COVID-19 during a family visit. Ezra tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, his symptoms have been mild.
Still his mom has seen the damage COVID-19 can do. In just two months, she lost four aunts and uncles and over the course of the pandemic as many as 10 family members. She believes wholeheartedly in the vaccine and plans for Ezra to be vaccinated as soon as it’s available for children.
“I would love to get him the vaccination,” she said. “We can’t control everything, but we can ask for what we need and be an advocate for what our kid needs. COVID is unpredictable; its ugly and it’s everywhere. Your only job is to protect your kid as best you can.”
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OHA’s most recent update on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, released today, found that 76.5% of the 6,446 reported COVID-19 cases between Oct. 10 through Oct. 16, occurred in people who were unvaccinated.
There were 1,977 breakthrough cases, accounting for 23.5% of all cases.
The average age of the breakthrough cases during that period was 48. Thirty-five breakthrough cases involved residents of care facilities, senior living communities or other congregate care settings. There were 88 cases in people ages 12 to 17.
To date, there have been 32,954 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases in Oregon. The average age of all cases is 48. Breakthrough cases have been reported in all 36 counties.
Cases of COVID-19 are far more common in unvaccinated people. The report shows that the rate of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people is currently four times higher than in vaccinated people.
To date, 4.4% of all vaccine breakthrough cases have been hospitalized and 1% have died. The average age of vaccinated people who died was 80.
Vaccination remains the most effective tool to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The number of vaccine breakthrough cases identified in Oregon remains very small when compared to the more than 2.79 million Oregonians who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Last week OHA added three new features to the breakthrough report. Data is now available by vaccine manufacturer, including the number of breakthrough cases and their severity. This report also shows the number of Oregonians who received each vaccine, as well as the number of breakthrough cases per 100,000 vaccinated people.
OHA also expanded demographic data to include race and ethnicity for breakthrough cases, hospitalizations, and deaths and a map showing cumulative breakthrough cases for each county. In general, breakthrough case totals correspond with population size, vaccination rates, and overall case counts.
We want to keep you informed about COVID-19 in Oregon. Data are provisional and change frequently.
• Samples for 487,854 tests have been reported positive.
• Samples for 6,894,254 tests have been reported negative.
State health officials to add more than 500 COVID-19 deaths due to
technical error
Over the coming weeks, OHA will begin reporting approximately 550 deaths among people who died with COVID-19 but whose deaths only became recently known to state epidemiologists due to a technical computer error.
This will result in higher death totals as the backlog is resolved.
Pediatric weekly dashboard update
This dashboard replaces the previous report and is published weekly on Thursdays with the most recent full week’s data.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 567, which is one fewer than yesterday. There are 133 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is seven more than yesterday.
There are 48 available adult ICU beds out of 706 total (7% availability) and 265 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,115 (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.
Note: Please do not visit an emergency department for COVID-19 testing, unless you require emergency care for your symptoms.
Emergency departments in Oregon are under significant strain responding to the current surge in COVID-19. You can find a test here.
If you have a medical condition that doesn’t require emergency care, contact your provider. An urgent care center may also help you get the care you need and will save emergency departments from added strain.
Today, OHA reported that 14,240 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Oct. 20. Of that total, 871 were initial doses; 933 were second doses and 3,558 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 8,835 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry on Oct. 20.
The seven-day running average is now 9,309 doses per day.
Oregon has now administered 3,208,051 doses of Pfizer Comirnaty, 1,935,312 doses of Moderna and 223,943 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.
As of today, 2,793,594 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 2,580,142 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 today.
Cases and Covid-19 Deaths
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Baker (10), Benton (29), Clackamas (108), Clatsop (1), Columbia (16), Coos (31), Crook (40), Curry (2), Deschutes (146), Douglas (46), Gilliam (1), Grant (5), Harney (16), Hood River (5), Jackson (75), Jefferson (15), Josephine (15), Klamath (67), Lake (6), Lane (113), Lincoln (8), Linn (49), Malheur (22), Marion (98), Morrow (4), Multnomah (190), Polk (37), Tillamook (5), Umatilla (50), Union (11), Wallowa (3), Wasco (10), Washington (144) and Yamhill (29).
Note: More information about the cases and deaths will be provided in an updated news release.
Additional note: The summary tables for some OHA COVID-19 dashboards will be temporarily unavailable from 5:00 – 6:00pm the evening of Thursday, October 21 while Tableau engineers perform routine quarterly maintenance. OHA appreciates your patience.
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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