You might be asking, “Do I really need a COVID-19 booster dose?” To give yourself the best chance to avoid serious illness and hospitalization if you become infected with COVID-19, the answer is yes.
Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that in December:
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Unvaccinated people in the U.S. ages 50 - 64 were 44 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than those who were vaccinated and boosted.
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Unvaccinated people in the U.S. age 65 and older were 49 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than those who were vaccinated and boosted.
And now you can get a free COVID-19 vaccine, booster or test from your car at the Portland Expo Center. This new high-volume drive-thru site opened in Portland on Jan. 24 and is open daily from 9 a.m. to 7. p.m. No appointment, proof of insurance or immigration status is required. If you’ve already received a COVID-19 vaccination and have your vaccination card, feel free to bring it along. Read on for a list of other high-volume vaccination and testing sites throughout Oregon.
The most recent COVID-19 forecast from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) projects 1,550 people in Oregon will be hospitalized with COVID-19 by the end of January. This exceeds the peak of the Delta surge (1,178 hospitalizations) but is a decline of about 100 people in the OHSU forecast from the previous week.
“This update reflects the fact that Oregonians are flattening the sharp upward curve of hospitalizations by stepping up public health measures to reduce the spread of infection,” said Peter Graven, Ph.D., director of the OHSU Office of Advanced Analytics, in recent OHSU story. “If people can stick with it for another couple of weeks, it will help to ensure timely care for everyone who needs a hospital bed.”
We want to keep you informed about COVID-19 in Oregon. Data are provisional and change frequently.
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Samples for 794,190 tests have been reported positive.
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Samples for 8,856,680 tests have been reported negative.
More Oregonians receive COVID-19 booster doses
Oregon continues to move closer to meeting Gov. Kate Brown’s goal, announced Dec. 17, of getting 1 million more people in the state a booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January.
When the challenge began, 949,749 people had received a booster dose. Since then, 460,439 Oregonians have received a booster.
As of today, Oregon needs 539,561 people to get a booster to reach the goal and make our state safer from the Omicron variant. Find a booster here.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 1,057, which is 12 more than yesterday. There are 152 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is nine fewer than yesterday.
There are 60 available adult ICU beds out of 645 total (9% availability) and 228 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,129 (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. 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 14,637 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry Jan. 24. Of that total, 1,158 were initial doses, 753 were second doses and 4,731 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 7,884 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry Jan. 24.
The seven-day running average is now 11,501 doses per day.
Oregon has now administered 4,010,872 doses of Pfizer Comirnaty, 203,467 doses of Pfizer pediatric, 2,636,850 doses of Moderna and 263,734 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.
As of today, 3,115,213 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 2,816,638 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.
There are 41 new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 5,994, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported at 12:01 a.m. today.
OHA reported 6,904 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 597,172.
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Baker (16), Benton (217), Clackamas (505), Clatsop (21), Columbia (71), Coos (85), Crook (58), Curry (30), Deschutes (505), Douglas (238), Gilliam (7), Grant (1), Harney (16), Hood River (53), Jackson (520), Jefferson (173), Josephine (99), Klamath (130), Lake (29), Lane (362), Lincoln (71), Linn (286), Malheur (170), Marion (841), Morrow (52), Multnomah (750), Polk (193), Sherman (7), Tillamook (37), Umatilla (208), Union (36), Wallowa (18), Wasco (165), Washington (683), Wheeler (21) and Yamhill (230).
Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations
To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit our web page (English or Spanish), which has a breakdown of distribution and other information.
For all the latest data on COVID-19 in Oregon, visit OHA's data dashboards.
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