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January 22, 2021
Friends and Neighbors,
I hope that you and your loved ones are doing well, staying healthy, and looking out for your neighbors and friends in these difficult times.
Today’s COVID news is positive on a number of fronts. Our new COVID case count today is below 1,000 for the sixth day in a row. Hospitalizations continue to decline as the lowest of all the states. Oregon is the second lowest state for COVID infections among seniors, and the third lowest for COVID deaths among seniors. As you’ll see from the graphs further down in the newsletter, our metrics have largely returned to the levels they were in early November, prior to the surge that triggered our current system of risk levels. According to COVID Act Now our Re (transmission) number is now at .90, meaning that COVID spread is returning to levels we haven’t seen since before the surge.
Sadly, we’re still seeing high death counts, and they may continue to stay high for a while. These deaths are for the most part the result of infections that began back in November. Fortunately, we’ve been seeing hospitalization rates come down, which is good news for hospital capacity, and it’s good news because it will likely translate into lower death rates.
As you’ll see from tonight’s report, our vaccination rate is continuing to exceed the goal set by the Governor two weeks ago. Just under 5% of Oregonians have received their first dose now.
The Governor is continuing to receive a great deal of criticism for her decision to immunize educators before seniors. In her news conference today she and the OHA medical director, Racheal Banks, provided the clearest and most detailed explanation that I’ve heard of why she made this decision (which has the effect of pushing back access to the vaccine for seniors for two weeks). I don’t have time tonight to go into detail, but I will tomorrow. In the meantime, I encourage you to check out the news conference and the latest prioritization chart below.
Please stay safe, and let me know if you have any questions about information in today’s newsletter.
 TODAY’S CORONAVIRUS AND CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE UPDATE
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New COVID Cases: OHA reports 877 new COVID cases today. This count is a combination of positive test results and those who are presumed positive (see definition below). The cumulative number of cases in Oregon since the beginning of the pandemic is 135,973
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Positive Test Results: OHA reports 1,048 positive test results today. (Individuals may have had multiple tests come back positive, and each is now counted separately.) The cumulative total of positive test results since the beginning of the pandemic is now 181,384.
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Total Tests: OHA reported an additional 20,460 tests today. Our cumulative total of reported tests is now 3,043,792.
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Positivity Rate: Today’s test positivity ratio for Oregon is 5.1%. The national ratio today is 9.5%.
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Hospitalization Information:
- Patients Currently with Confirmed COVID-19: 317 (12 fewer than yesterday)
- Available ICU Beds: 183 (19 fewer than yesterday)
- Other Available Beds: 713 ( fewer than yesterday).
- ICU Patients Confirmed w COVID-19: 79 (2 fewer than yesterday).
- Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Currently on Ventilators: 41 (9 fewer than yesterday).
- Available Ventilators: 796 (12 fewer than yesterday).
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Deaths: I’m sorry to report 22 additional 24 COVID deaths today. You can read about the Oregonians that we’ve lost further down in the newsletter. The total number of COVID deaths in Oregon is now 1,865.
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Vaccinations: As of the end of yesterday, here are the latest numbers:
- New Immunizations Reported Today: 16,763
- 12,341 administered yesterday
- 4,422 administered previously and report received yesterday
- Total First and Second Doses Administered So Far: 260,453
- Total Oregonians vaccinated so far: 231,600.
- 34,902 now fully vaccinated with two doses
- To date, 487,700 doses of vaccine have been delivered to sites across Oregon.
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Today’s National Numbers:
- Total Tests: 291,407,518 (up 1,988,756 from yesterday).
- Total Cases: 24,483,676 (up 188,983 from yesterday.)
- Deaths: 404,695 (up 3,980 from yesterday).
- These national numbers come from the COVID Tracking Project. You can visit that site HERE https://covidtracking.com/data/national
Where Are Today’s New Cases?
If we put together the positive test results and new “presumptive cases reported today, the overall number of new cases reported is 877. Here is the breakdown of cases by county today:
Baker(1)
Benton (24)
Clackamas (71)
Clatsop (8)
Columbia (15)
Coos (10)
Crook (14)
Curry (1)
Deschutes (28)
Douglas (18)
Grant (4)
Hood River (5)
Jackson (33)
Jefferson (9)
Josephine (15)
Klamath (17)
Lake (3)
Lane (90)
Lincoln (5)
Linn (9)
Malheur (11)
Marion (101)
Morrow (7)
Multnomah (136)
Polk (24)
Umatilla (52)
Union (9)
Wallowa (1)
Wasco (3)
Washington (138)
Yamhill (15)
And the Deaths:
This list includes the deaths reported in the last three days.
Oregon’s 1,809th COVID-19 death is an 80-year-old man in Crook County who tested positive on Jan.10 and died on Jan.15 at St. Charles Bend Hospital.
Oregon’s 1,810th COVID-19 death is a 95-year-old man in Deschutes County who tested positive on Jan. 4 and died on Jan.12 at St. Charles hospital in Bend.
Oregon’s 1,811th COVID-19 death is a 47-year-old woman in Deschutes County who tested positive on Jan. 6 and died on Jan.16 at St. Charles hospital in Bend.
Oregon’s 1,812th COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old man in Josephine County who tested positive on Jan. 4 and died on Jan. 15 at his residence.
Oregon’s 1,813th COVID-19 death is an 88-year-old woman in Klamath County who tested positive on Dec. 28 and died on Jan. 15 at her residence.
Oregon’s 1,814th COVID-19 death is a 92-year-old man in Klamath County who tested positive on Jan. 8 and died on Jan. 17 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,815th COVID-19 death is a 76-year-old woman in Klamath County who tested positive on Jan. 10 and died on Jan. 18 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,816th COVID-19 death is an 88-year-old man in Klamath County who tested positive on Jan. 7 and died on Jan. 18 at his residence.
Oregon’s 1,817th COVID-19 death is a 99-year-old woman in Klamath County who tested positive on Jan. 7 and died on Jan. 16 at her residence.
Oregon’s 1,818th COVID-19 death is a 69-year-old man in Klamath County who tested positive on Jan. 11 and died on Jan. 16 at his residence.
Oregon’s 1,819th COVID-19 death is a 61-year-old man in Linn County who tested positive on Jan. 11 and died on Jan. 18.
Oregon’s 1,820th COVID-19 death is a 71-year-old man in Linn County who tested positive on Dec. 16 and died on Jan. 17 at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital.
Oregon’s 1,821st COVID-19 death is a 99-year-old man in Linn County who tested positive on Oct. 29 and died on Dec. 22.
Oregon’s 1,822nd COVID-19 death is a 64-year-old man in Malheur County who tested positive on Jan. 14 and died on Jan. 18.
Oregon’s 1,823rd COVID-19 death is a 63-year-old man in Marion County who tested positive on Dec. 7 and died on Jan. 17 at Salem Hospital.
Oregon’s 1,824th COVID-19 death is a 70-year-old man in Marion County who tested positive on Dec. 18 and died on Jan. 14 at Salem Hospital.
Oregon’s 1,825th COVID-19 death is an 80-year-old man in Marion County who tested positive on Jan. 13 and died on Jan. 14 at Santiam Memorial Hospital.
Oregon’s 1,826th COVID-19 death is an 81-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Jan. 5 and died on Jan. 17 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,827th COVID-19 death is an 88-year-old woman in Washington County who tested positive on Dec. 21 and died on Jan. 16 at her residence.
Oregon’s 1,828th COVID-19 death is a 73-year-old man in Umatilla County who died on Jan. 8 at his residence. The death certificate listed COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death.
Oregon’s 1,829th COVID-19 death is a 62-year-old man in Umatilla County who died on Jan. 9 at his residence. The death certificate listed COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death.
Oregon’s 1,830th COVID-19 death is an 82-year-old woman in Umatilla County who tested positive on Dec. 21 and died on Dec. 30 at Trios Health Southridge Hospital.
Oregon’s 1,831st COVID-19 death is a 95-year-old man in Washington County who died on Dec. 12 at his residence. The death certificate listed COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death.
Oregon’s 1,832nd COVID-19 death is an 85-year-old man in Yamhill County who tested positive on Jan. 6 and died on Jan. 14 at Willamette Valley Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,833rd COVID-19 death is a 78-year-old woman in Clackamas County who tested positive on Jan. 6 and died on Jan. 14 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 1,834th COVID-19 death is a 94-year-old woman in Jackson County who died on Dec. 28 at her residence. The death certificate listed COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death.
Oregon’s 1,835th COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old man in Jackson County who died on Jan. 3 at his residence. The death certificate listed COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death.
Oregon’s 1,836th COVID-19 death is a 79-year-old woman in Jackson County who tested positive on Dec. 26 and died on Jan. 17 at her residence.
Oregon’s 1,837th COVID-19 death is a 77-year-old man in Jackson County who tested positive on Dec. 28 and died on Dec. 31 at his residence.
Oregon’s 1,838th COVID-19 death is a 100-year-old woman in Jackson County who tested positive on Dec. 22 and died on Jan. 10 at her residence.
Oregon’s 1,839th COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old woman in Lane County who tested positive on Dec. 21 and died on Jan. 17 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center—Riverbend.
Oregon’s 1,840th COVID-19 death is a 69-year-old man in Lane County who tested positive on Dec. 9 and died on Jan. 17 at McKenzie Willamette Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,841st COVID-19 death is a 65-year-old man in Lane County who tested positive on Dec. 6 and died on Jan. 20 at Oregon Health Science University.
Oregon’s 1,842nd COVID-19 death is a 52-year-old woman in Washington County who tested positive on Jan. 3 and died on Jan. 6 at Hillsboro Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,843rd COVID-19 death is a 66-year-old woman in Yamhill County who tested positive on Jan. 6 and died on Jan. 17 at her residence.
Oregon’s 1,844th COVID-19 death is an 89-year-old man in Clackamas County who tested positive on Jan. 1 and died on Jan. 20 at Portland VA Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,845th COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old woman in Clackamas County who tested positive on Jan. 4 and died on Jan. 8 at her residence.
Oregon’s 1,846th COVID-19 death is an 87-year-old man in Deschutes County who tested positive on Dec. 31 and died on Jan. 12 at his residence.
Oregon’s 1,847th COVID-19 death is a 46-year-old man in Harney County who tested positive on Jan. 5 and died on Jan. 20 at his residence.
Oregon’s 1,848th COVID-19 death is a 56-year-old man in Harney County who tested positive on Jan. 4 and died on Jan. 20 at St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,849th COVID-19 death is an 87-year-old woman in Jackson County who died on Jan. 4 at her residence.
Oregon’s 1,850th COVID-19 death is a 73-year-old man in Jackson County who tested positive on Jan. 4 and died on Jan. 1 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,851st COVID-19 death is a 67-year-old woman in Jackson County who tested positive on Dec. 30 and died on Jan. 18 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,852nd COVID-19 death is an 82-year-old woman in Jackson County who tested positive on Dec. 15 and died on Jan. 11 at her residence.
Oregon’s 1,853rd COVID-19 death is a 69-year-old man in Jackson County who tested positive on Dec. 2 and died on Jan. 19 at Rogue Valley Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,854th COVID-19 death is an 80-year-old woman in Klamath County who tested positive on Dec. 8 and died on Jan. 19 at her residence.
Oregon’s 1,855th COVID-19 death is an 80-year-old man in Klamath County who tested positive on Jan. 10 and died on Jan. 20 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,856th COVID-19 death is an 84-year-old man in Josephine County who tested positive on Jan. 10 and died on Jan. 11 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,857th COVID-19 death is an 80-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Dec. 12 and died on Jan. 16 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,858th COVID-19 death is a 70-year-old man in Umatilla County who tested positive on Jan. 4 and died on Jan. 20 at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,859th COVID-19 death is a 73-year-old man in Washington County who tested positive on Dec. 9 and died on Dec. 20 at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,860th COVID-19 death is an 81-year-old woman in Washington County who tested positive on Dec. 28 and died on Jan. 12 at OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,861st COVID-19 death is a 61-year-old man in Union County who tested positive on Dec. 21 and died on Jan. 15 at St. Luke's Boise Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,862nd COVID-19 death is a 60-year-old woman in Marion County who tested positive on Nov. 29 and died on Dec. 26 at Salem Hospital.
Oregon’s 1,863rd COVID-19 death is a 68-year-old man in Marion County who tested positive on Dec. 17 and died on Jan. 20 at Salem Hospital.
Oregon’s 1,864th COVID-19 death is a 61-year-old woman in Marion County who tested positive on Dec. 22 and died on Jan. 10 at Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center.
Oregon’s 1,865th COVID-19 death is a 57-year-old man in Marion County who tested positive on Dec. 17 and died on Jan. 21 at Salem Hospital.
 Want to See Past Newsletters?
If there was COVID-related information in a past newsletter that you want to go back to, but find you’ve deleted it, you can always go to my legislative website (senatordembrow.com), click on “News and Information,” and you’ll find them all there. Also, if someone forwarded you this newsletter and you’d like to get it directly, you can sign up for it there.
AND FINALLY,
Here again are some resources that you will find useful:
If the above links are not providing you with answers to your questions or directing you to the help that you need, please consider me and my office to be a resource. We’ll do our best to assist you or steer you in the right direction.
Best,
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 Senator Michael Dembrow
District 23
email: Sen.MichaelDembrow@oregonlegislature.gov
web: www.senatordembrow.com
phone: 503-281-0608
mail: 900 Court St NE, S-407, Salem, OR, 97301
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