Nov. 8, 2021
Eight-year-old Jasmine Van Horne is not normally keen on shots, but the promise of the fun she’ll once again be able to share in was all she needed to line up for the first pediatric vaccinations in Curry County. Her 10-year-old brother, Jordan, was right there beside her.
“I was happy because my son has special needs,” said mom Sarah Kaplansky. “He’s considered non-verbal. If he gets sick, we don’t always know what he is feeling. We communicated to him that if he got vaccinated, he could go back to school. That makes him happy. The same for Jasmine. She’s missing out on sleepovers and birthday parties. She normally freaks out about shots, but she took a chance. She was very excited.”
The vaccination clinic was held at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Brookings, where COVID-19 vaccinations and tests are offered twice weekly. On Saturday, the hours between 10 a.m. and noon were reserved for kids.
As of Sunday, a total of 5,257 children in Oregon received their first doses. Distribution of the pediatric vaccine is expected to ramp up, making it available for all eligible Oregon kids.
 Jasmine Van Horne after getting her COVID-19 vaccine at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Curry County.
Children ages 5 through 11 are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and we know many people in Oregon have questions about the pediatric vaccine.
Join us Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 12:30 p.m. for a Facebook Live Q&A with Dr. Antwon Chavis, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Clinic, and OHA’s Dr. Dean Sidelinger, State Health Officer and State Epidemiologist.
 
Unfortunately, sometimes when people try to schedule vaccine appointments, they may be at risk of falling prey to scammers.
The Oregon Department of Justice offers these tips on how to spot a vaccine scam:
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You cannot pay for access to the vaccine. If someone calls to make an appointment for you in exchange for payment, hang up.
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The vaccine is free. If someone is asking you to pay for the vaccine, they are trying to take advantage of you.
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Nobody legitimate will call, text or email about the vaccine and ask for your Social Security number, bank account information or credit card number.
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You are not required to provide a Social Security number when registering for a vaccine appointment.
Please share these tips with your friends and family, and if you know someone who is not tech-savvy, offer to help them get an appointment for their vaccine and booster — and then, help them find a way to get to the appointment.
If you have information or think you may have fallen victim to a fraud or scam, call the Attorney General’s Consumer Complaint Hotline at 877-877-9392.
We want to keep you informed about COVID-19 in Oregon. Data are provisional and change frequently.
• Samples for 511,471 tests have been reported positive.
• Samples for 7,209,140 tests have been reported negative.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 520, which is three fewer than yesterday. There are 134 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is two more than yesterday.
There are 61 available adult ICU beds out of 673 total (9% availability) and 289 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,081 (7% 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. 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 6,867 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Nov. 7. Of that total, 1,092 were initial doses, 157 were second doses and 1,837 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 3,774 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry on Nov. 7.
The seven-day running average is now 15,907 doses per day.
Oregon has now administered 3,356,298 doses of Pfizer Comirnaty, 791 doses of Pfizer pediatric, 2,075,633 doses of Moderna and 232,706 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.
As of today, 2,838,131 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 2,625,098 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.
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Baker (7), Benton (43), Clackamas (205), Clatsop (17), Columbia (28), Coos (38), Crook (10), Curry (1), Deschutes (249), Douglas (61), Grant (2), Hood River (12), Jackson (85), Jefferson (36), Josephine (50), Klamath (21), Lane (169), Lincoln (22), Linn (97), Malheur (7), Marion (159), Morrow (12), Multnomah (366), Polk (31), Tillamook (29), Umatilla (29), Union (6), Wallowa (2), Wasco (14), Washington (250) and Yamhill (67).
Oregon reports 913 confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases on Nov. 5, 735 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases on Nov. 6 and 477 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases on Nov. 7.
Note: More information about the cases and deaths will be provided in an updated news release.
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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