January 13th COVID-19 Update

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January 13, 2022

Dear Neighbors and Friends,

I hope that you and your loved ones are doing well, staying healthy, and looking out for your neighbors and friends during this past week.

Tonight’s newsletter is nearly all COVID-focused.  Though the forecasters tell us that relief is likely on the way in a few weeks, for now, COVID cases continue to surge in record numbers.  Oregon is a couple of weeks behind the surges on the East Coast and Midwest, so we’ve been able to look there to see our future.  That future is a growing gap between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated, with the unvaccinated being particularly hard hit by the virus, especially in terms of needing life-saving hospitalization. You can read more about that in this week’s Breakthrough Report, as well as several of the articles that are linked below.

You’ll see in the County report that Oregon is also following the pattern of the highly-contagious Omicron variant initially being centered in the more densely populated areas and then moving to the more rural areas.  That is definitely happening now.  We’re also seeing hospitalizations becoming particularly acute in those areas, largely due to their lower vaccination rates.

We saw an increase in COVID deaths this week, nearly double last week’s number, and you can read about them at the end of the newsletter.  If you do, you’ll realize that this is another time that OHA is getting a batch of catch-up reports from local medical examiners and the CDC. Most of this week’s reported deaths actually occurred many months ago.  So please do not take this as any indication that Omicron is causing deaths to rise in Oregon.  It is not, or at least not yet.  I do wish that OHA were clearer in the way they list and describe these deaths.  I’ve asked them to make it easier to put such deaths into context; we’ll see if and when they do

Finally, this is the end of Legislative Days, the round of committee hearings that I described in Sunday’s newsletter.  Nothing really surprising happened this week--lots of interesting presentations on what promises to be a number of important topics to be addressed in short-session bills.  In tonight’s newsletter I mention a couple of my own priority bills, and you’ll hear about more in future newsletters in advance of the session that begins on February 1.

Until the next newsletter, please stay healthy and safe, and let me know if you have any questions about information in tonight’s newsletter.

My Two Personal Bills Released

Tomorrow is the deadline for members to introduce their "personal" bills--each member is limited to  two priority bills for the short session that begins on February 1.  Unlike bills introduced by committees (there the limit is 3), personal bills are submitted with the names of additional Chief Sponsors and Co-Sponsors to signal their upfront support. (That support could always change, though, depending on how the bill is modified during the amendment process.) We legislators have been scrambling this week to get sponsors for our bills, a process that began once we received our legislative concepts back from Legislative Counsel at the beginning of the week.

I've been spending much of this week getting sponsorship signatures for my two bills and weighing arguments from my colleagues about signing onto theirs.

Personal bills won't get their actual bill numbers until they're formally introduced on the Senate and House floors on the first day of the session. Until then they're called Legislative Concepts (LCs).  Committee bills, which were introduced during their committee hearings this week, have already been assigned their SB or HB numbers.

I spoke about my two priority bills during committee hearings this week, which allowed them to be publicly posted on the committee websites. Here they are:

LC 142 Compassionate Medical Release: This bill will fix our broken system of end-of-life release for adults in custody by allowing an impartial panel of medical professionals to judge the severity of their illnesses. Release to outside care will not occur if the Parole Board or in many cases the original sentencing court finds convincing evidence that the individual is still a danger to the community, but we expect that will be extremely rare in these cases.  It will also not occur until a release navigator is able to find an appropriate placement for the person.

You can read more about it here. 

This is another one of those instances where COVID has revealed real weaknesses in our systems.  LC 142 will go a long way towards fixing this one at last.

LC 145 Reducing the Risk of Disaster from the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub: I've discussed this concept in previous newsletters.  We face an extraordinary risk of disaster in the event of the major earthquake, which we know is coming, as a result of the fact that 90% of Oregon's fuel comes in and is stored in one place: a collection of large tanks (many of them quite old) on the banks of the Willamette, built on soil that was river fill and is extremely unstable.  We need to make sure that those tanks are brought into a state of repair that will allow them to withstand this disaster, and we need the owner-operators to provide us with clear plans of what they will do both before and after it occurs.  Until we do, this is a ticking time bomb whose effects will be devastating for those living in the region, as well as for the rivers and the plant and animal life living in them and downstream and for the state as a whole.  Despite many studies that clearly show the seriousness of this risk, we've let this problem fester for far too long.

You can read more about LC 145 here.

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OREGON CORONAVIRUS AND CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE UPDATE

• New COVID Cases: OHA reports 9,796 new COVID cases today, vs.7,615 last Thursday. That’s an average of 7,923 per day for the last week (vs. 4,001 per day the previous week). The cumulative number of cases in Oregon since the beginning of the pandemic is 504,731.
• Variant COVID Cases:
  • OHA is now showing us not only this week’s variant cases but the growth of the different variants in Oregon over time. You can see in the graph above that Omicron is now responsible for virtually all the cases in this state.  This graph is updated every Wednesday.
  • OHA’s Variant Dashboard provides current and new variant case numbers for the state as a whole but also for different parts of the state. It too is updated each Wednesday.
• Positive Test Results: OHA reported 11,548 positive test results today (vs. 9,059 last Thursday). That’s an average of 9,889 per day for the 7 days since the last newsletter (vs. 5,144 per day the previous week). The cumulative total of positive test results since the beginning of the pandemic is now.677,151.
• Total Tests: OHA reported an additional 50,872 tests today (vs. 38,880 last Thursday). That’s an average of 44,744 per day for the last week (vs. 25,855 for the previous week). Our cumulative total of reported tests is 9,155,048.
• Positivity Rate: The test positivity ratio for Oregon today was an incredible 22.7% (actually slightly lower than an even more incredible 23.3 last Thursday, way up from the 7.3% of the week before that). That’s an average of 22.0% per day for the last week (vs. 29.4% last week and just 5.7% per day the week before that).
• Hospitalization Information:
  • Patients Currently with Confirmed COVID-19: 777 (189 more than last newsletter)
  • ICU Patients Confirmed w COVID-19: 148 (38 more than last newsletter.)
  • Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Currently on Ventilators: 59 (21 more than last newsletter and 13 fewer than the previous week)
  • Available Ventilators: 857 (5 fewer than last newsletter).
• Hospital Capacity:
  • Available Adult ICU Beds: 36 (5% availability) (6 fewer than last newsletter).
  • Other Available Adult Beds: 233 (6% availability) (12 more than last newsletter).
  • Available Pediatric ICU Beds: 6 (40% availability) (3 more than last Thursday).
• Here’s a link to more OHA data on hospital capacity.
• Deaths: I’m sorry to report 25 additional COVID deaths today (vs. 9 last Thursday).  That’s an average of 20 per day for the week since the last newsletter (vs. 8 the previous week). However, most of the increase is due to late reports from months ago.  The total number of COVID deaths in Oregon is 5,870.
• Vaccinations:
  • Today, OHA reported that 19,475 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry Jan. 5. Of that total, 1,666 were initial doses, 1,507 were second doses and 7,087 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 8,574 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry Jan. 5.
  • The seven-day running average is now 16,057 doses per day, up from 10,873 a week ago..
  • Total doses administered: 6,953,816
    • 3,913,885 Pfizer/Comimaty vaccines
    • 187,454 Pfizer Pediatric vaccines (up from 161,871 last week)
    • 2,580,064 Moderna vaccines
    • 260,415 Johnson & Johnson vaccines
  • Progress towards Governor’s goal of 2 million boosters by the end of January (announced Dec. 17):
    • When the challenge began, 949,749 people had received a booster dose.
    • Since then, 338,154 Oregonians have received a booster (up by 92,351 from last week).
    • As of today, Oregon needs 661,846 people to get a booster to reach the goal.
  • Total Oregonians vaccinated so far: 3,084,711 (up by 22.346 from last week)
    • 2,779,724 now fully vaccinated with two doses (up by 16,852 from the previous week)
  • So far, 74.8% of all Oregonians have received at least one dose
    • 79.1% of those 5 and older
    • 83.5% of those 12 and older
    • 85.0% of those 18 and older
    • 95% of those 65 and older
  • 67% of all Oregonians are now fully vaccinated
    • 70.9% of those 5 and older
    • 75.4% of those 12 and older
    • 76.7% of those 18 and older
    • 89.4% of those 65 and older
  • 43% of all Oregonians have received a booster shot
    • 46.6% of those 18 and older
    • 59.2% of those 50 and older
    • 69.1% of those 65 and older
  • All these percentages are from the CDC Data Tracker. They include vaccinations administered by the VA and Tribal Health Services.
  • For more details, including the demographics of those receiving the vaccine and the number of vaccinations by county, go to the OHA vaccinations dashboard.
  • Bloomberg Newsprovides a wealth of easy-to-read information on the trajectory of vaccinations—by state, nationally, and internationally.

Additional Brief Updates and Links

• As expected, the Supreme Court rejected the Biden Administration's plan to require vaccinations of all workers at large businesses.  In a small victory for the Administration, they did support the requirement for healthcare workers. Here's more.
• It appears that Omicron is peaking in those states that were hit earliest by the new variant.
• Here more on that slowdown in growth.
• And here’s one focusing on the results of wastewater testing in Boston. The news is “unambiguously good.”
• Omicron is creating an even greater gap between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. Here's evidence from Seattle and New York.
• A new study finds that nearly all teens who've been hospitalized for COVID are unvaccinated.
• Here’s the latest Checkup with Dr. Wen, answering readers’ questions about COVID.
• A new rash of COVID pop-up testing sites are proving to be dangerous and malicious in intent. dangerous and malicious in intent.
• And now Oregon’s Attorney-General has issued a warning to Oregonians to watch out for suspicious COVID-testing sites.
• Most colleges and universities are sticking with in-person learning for a variety of reasons. In some cases that decision is being dictated by their governing boards.
• Unfortunately, the messaging around COVID action is becoming just white noise for most Americans. What can be done about that?
• Here's where Oregon's first antivirals are going.
• In order to curb its recent explosion of COVID cases, Minneapolis is now t requiring proof of vaccination or a current negative test result for entry into its restaurants and bars.
• If you look at a national map of new COVID cases, you’ll see that virtually every state is in the “Red Zone” for explosive numbers of new cases. Idaho is an exception.   Now we know why:public health officials report that the growth is too fast to track.
• Axios reports on a new poll that shows that most Americans value “health and safety” over in-person learning.
• Here's an article about the new requirement that insurers cover the cost of 8 at-home tests per person per month.
• What should we be doing to support the kids who lost parents to COVID? They are facing many challenges.
• If it hasn’t yet done so by the time this newsletter goes out, the CDC will likely recommend that people who can should wear N95, KN95, or KN94 masks, rather than cloth masks. The Biden administration is working to make them available to more Americans.
• The Editor-in-Chief of MedPage Today is calling for  a more nimble approach to COVID.
• And on a related note, many experts are arguing that COVID isolation should not be a "One Size Fits All" approach.
• In this opinion piece two physicians argue that people with intellectual disabilities should be prioritized for COVID treatment. people with intellectual disabilities should be prioritized for treatment.
• The most recent focus of COVID misinformation in the age of Omicron? COVID tests.
• Here's what we learned from the recent solo briefing by the CDC director.
• The CDC has found that the Pfizer vaccine is remarkably effective at preventing severe COVID illness in teens.
• Nearly a quarter of all hospitals report serious staff shortagesdue to Omicron.
• Here's more on that problem from The Atlantic.
• Omicron is now on track to  shatter Texas hospitalization records.
• For a variety of reasons, some Oregon school districts are choosing not to follow test-to-stay protocols.
• We are witnessing a big undercount of COVID right now because most Americans aren't reporting the results of at-home tests.
• In a scary turn of events, some hospital systems are taking the extraordinary step of allowing (or compelling) workers who've tested positive for COVID They feel they have no choice. I was just told that nurses are seeing that they're seeing that here in Portland.
• And on a non-COVID note, here's a KGW piece on the workgroup I’m heading up to address the big problem of workforce shortages in education, which is causing schools to have to shut down in-person learning and causing a variety of negative outcomes.

Another COVID Press Conference and a COVID Hearing Were Held Today

OHA held another press conference today to share the latest on COVID, led by Director Pat Allen.  Allen was joined today by Fairborz Pakseresht, Director of the Oregon Department of Human Services; Kathleen George, Council Member for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde; Colt Gill, Director of the Oregon Department of Education; and Dr. Dean Sidelinger, OHA’s state health officer. 

To watch the entire press conference, click here.  

Talking points for today’s event can be found here. Find footage here of test kits being sent from the OHA warehouse in Wilsonville on Wednesday.

In addition, today the House Committee on COVID response had a hearing with a number of timely updates.  You can find meeting materials and link to watch it here.

You can read about what we learned from these presentations in this article by the Oregonian's Ted Sickinger.

Weekly County Report: The Numbers Are Incredible

The latest OHA county report, showing weekly increases/decreases in COVID spread for each county and for the state as a whole, was released on Monday. It shows case counts and rates for the last four weeks, including the week that ended Sunday, January 9.

The news this week are just jaw-dropping.

This report shows that the statewide infection rate has more than tripled in the last week (after having doubled the week before.  The state as a whole is now at EXTREME HIGH RISK of infection. The infection rate jumped from 357.2 cases per 100K to 1,063.4 per 100K; the test positivity rate has jumped from 15.7% to 21.6%. 

As we’ve seen around the country, the big early jumps were in our more populous counties, and they remain extremely high.  The increases have now spread to the less populous counties now, unfortunately.  Nearly every county has doubled or tripled its infection rate in the last week.  The only exception is Harney County, where the rate actually declined slightly.

OHA Weekly Report Shows Huge Statewide Increase in Cases, Tests, and Positivity Rates; Increases in Hospitalizations and Deaths

It comes as no surprise that OHA’s COVID-19 Weekly Report released today showed a record-smashing total of daily cases, surging hospitalizations, a rise in deaths and a staggering percent positivity. 

• OHA reported 47,272 new cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, Jan 3, through Sunday, Jan. 9 – six times higher than two weeks ago and three times higher than the previous pandemic record for weekly cases. 
• There were 486 new COVID-19-related hospitalizations, compared to 290 last week – a 68% increase. (Caveat: This does include hospitalizations where the presence of COVID was incidental to the admission, not the cause of admission.)
• There were 113 reported COVID-19-related deaths, up from 89 last week. This increase includes a group of newly-reported deaths that actually occurred some months ago.
• Reported test results jumped by 89% from 136,474 to 258,574. This represents a new pandemic high.
• The percentage of positive tests increased from 15.7% to 21%. 

Today’s COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak Report shows 128 active COVID-19 outbreaks in senior living communities and congregate living settings. This is a large increase, exactly double the number from last week.. 

1/13/21         202 facilities

2/10/21         116 facilities

3/10/21            44 facilities

4/14/21            24 facilities

5/12/21            42 facilities

6/09/21            19 facilities

7/8/21              22 facilities

8/4/21              33 facilities

9/1/21            144 facilities

10/6/21         163 facilities

11/3/21           87 facilities

12/1/21            54 facilities

1/05/21            64 facilities

1/12/21           128 facilities

The total number of deaths for people in congregate care can be seen below.  As you’ can see, as the number of cases is increasing, the number of deaths among congregate care residents is rising (though some of this may be due to earlier deaths whose reporting was delayed).

8/4      1,374 (pandemic total)      

8/11    1,385 (pandemic total)       +11

9/1      1,441 (pandemic total)       +22

10/6    1,574 (pandemic total)       +27

11/03   1,701 (pandemic total)      +29

11/24  1,826 (pandemic total)       +36

12/1    1,847 (pandemic total)       +21

12/8    1,863 (pandemic total)       +16

12/15  1,890 (pandemic total)      +27

12/22  1,912 (pandemic total)       +22    

12/29   1,922 (pandemic total)      +10

01/05   1,923 (pandemic total)      + 1

01/12   1,946 (pandemic total        +23

The Outbreak Report also includes the latest data on COVID in workplaces, childcare centers, and public and private K-12 schools. 

Growing Number of COVID Cases Are Again Among the Unvaccinated

OHA’s most recent update on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, released today, reported 45,334 cases of COVID-19 during the week of Jan. 2 to Jan. 8.

Of those cases, 33,363 or 73.6% were unvaccinated people and 11,971 or 26.4% were vaccine breakthrough cases. This is another increase in the percentage of unvaccinated from last week’s 69.4% and a reduction in breakthrough cases (from last week’s 30.6%).

Forty-five breakthrough cases involved residents of care facilities, senior living communities or other congregate care settings (up from 26 last week).

To date, there have been 72,683 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases in Oregon out of a total of 504,731.

A growing proportion of COVID cases are in unvaccinated people. The report shows that the rate of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people is now more than five times higher than in vaccinated people (it was four times higher a week ago and three times higher the week before that).

Where the vaccines really make a difference is in preventing serious COVID cases.  Nearly all breakthrough cases show no symptoms, or symptoms that are relatively mild.  To date, only 3.5% of the small percentage of vaccine breakthrough cases have been hospitalized (down from 4%), and just 1% have died (down from 1.2%). Nearly all the COVID patients in ICUs and on ventilators have been unvaccinated.

Serious breakthrough cases are generally found in people who are aged, infirm, and immunocompromised, and who are not as responsive to the vaccine as younger people are.  The average age of vaccinated people who have died remains 81.  

To date, nearly 3 million Oregonians are fully vaccinated.

New OHSU Forecast: More of the Same

The current OHSU forecast report, published today, uses data provided by OHA and others that project how fast the virus may spread in the population and provides projections on possible outcomes, including infection rates and impacts on hospital capacity.  The lead author is Dr. Peter Graven, Director of OHSU’s Office of Advanced Analytics

This forecast builds on the one last week that let us know we can expect an ongoing increase in hospitalizations due to pressure from the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, but less so than had originally been feared. This is partly due to actions that Oregonians have been taking to curb the contagion (masking, reduced indoor close contact, and boosters). 

So far, new hospitalizations are continuing to grow much less steeply than the number of new cases. That will likely change soon.  Hospitalizations are still projected to peak in the next two weeks, with a projected 1,653 cases in hospitals on January 26. Growth in hospital admissions will likely persit

Here are key observations in this week’s report:

• The number of patients in Oregon hospitals has begun a steep increase that’s expected to continue. As of Jan. 13, 777 were in hospitals, 189 more than the week before.
• Case counts and test positivity remain at record levels.
• Oregon has the 11^th highest booster rate, at 28.5% of the population.
• Behavior metrics show sharp reductions in higher-risk activities. The change is faster than expected, and the model has been updated to reflect an accelerated fear cycle.
• Indoor shopping has declined more than expected, reflecting real concern on the part of Oregonians, as there are no further restrictions in behavior mandated by Oregon government(s).
• As of Jan. 12, 24% of occupied ICU beds had COVID-19 patients in them statewide, up from 17% the week before.
• The hospitalization rate in states where omicron was spreading early has risen sharply (lagging behind the increase in cases, which is now starting to ebb in those states) and is well above the level of Oregon's delta surge.
• While the ICU rate per hospitalization is declining in "early omicron" states, the total number of ICU patients is sharply increasing.
• The number of children in Oregon hospitals with COVID-19 increased briefly to 21 but returned to 13 as of Jan. 12. Oregon has one of the lowest rates of hospitalized children, but there is potential for increase.
• Flu cases remain low.  Forty cases were reported, compared with 1,586 in a similar week two years ago. 
• The forecast shows hospitalizations peaking at 1,653 on Jan. 28. This peak reflects adjustments in behavior, incidental admissions, and a change in the share of patients needing ICU care.
• Hospitalizations have peaked in Denmark and England, and are showing signs of ebbing in East Coast states. If Oregon can keep avoiding higher-risk behaviors for three more weeks, it has potential to flatten the surge.

And the Deaths:

Here is information about the 142 additional deaths that have been reported since last Thursday’s newsletter, nearly double the 73 from the previous week. 

However, this increase has nothing to do with Omicron.  You’ll see from the list below that 100 of the deaths this last week are actually late-reports from more than a month ago and in some cases much earlier. So we actually are seeing a much lower death count from the previous week, which is good news.

Friday, January 7

Oregon’s 5,729th COVID-19-related death is a 47-year-old man from Deschutes County who tested positive Oct. 20 and died Nov. 17 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 5,730th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old man from Deschutes County who tested positive Nov. 17 and died Nov. 19 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 5,731st COVID-19-related death is a 93-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Nov. 14 and died Nov. 27 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,732nd COVID-19-related death is a 55-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Oct. 23 and died Nov. 19 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 5,733rd COVID-19-related death is a 77-year-old woman from Deschutes County who tested positive Nov. 8 and died Nov. 18 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,734th COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Nov. 18 and died Nov. 25 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,735th COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Nov. 2 and died Nov. 27 at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,736th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old man from Klamath County who tested positive Oct. 25 and died Nov. 11 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 5,737th COVID-19-related death is a 61-year-old woman from Deschutes County who tested positive Oct. 28 and died Nov. 19 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 5,738th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old man from Deschutes County who tested positive Oct. 23 and died Nov. 21 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 5,739th COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old woman from Lake County who tested positive Oct. 15 and died Nov. 10 at St. Charles Bend Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,740th COVID-19-related death is a 63-year-old man from Klamath County who tested positive Oct. 16 and died Nov. 27 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,741st COVID-19-related death is an 85-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Dec. 9 and died Dec. 27 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,742nd COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old man from Lincoln County who tested positive July 29 and died Aug. 22 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,743rd COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old man from Deschutes County who tested positive Nov. 6 and died Nov. 27 at St. Charles Bend Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,744th COVID-19-related death is a 73-year-old woman from Columbia County who tested positive Nov. 23 and died Nov. 25 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,745th COVID-19-related death is a 62-year-old woman from Columbia County who tested positive Nov. 15 and died Nov. 23 at Columbia Memorial Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,746th COVID-19-related death is a 62-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive May 16 and died May 15 at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,747th COVID-19-related death is a 60-year-old man from Clatsop County who tested positive Aug. 16 and died Aug. 27 at Providence Seaside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,748th COVID-19-related death is a 67-year-old man from Umatilla County who tested positive Aug. 24 and died Aug. 31 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,749th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive Oct. 10 and died Dec. 1 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,750th COVID-19-related death is a 71-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Oct. 15 and died Nov. 4 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,751st COVID-19-related death is a 60-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 31 and died Jan. 2 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 5,752nd COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 31 and died Jan. 2 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 5,753rd COVID-19-related death is a 67-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 27 and died Jan. 2 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 5,754th COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive Dec. 28 and died Dec. 30 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,755th COVID-19-related death is a 49-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Dec. 20 and died Dec. 28 at Kaiser Westside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,756th COVID-19-related death is a 27-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Nov. 22 and died Nov. 30 at Kaiser Westside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,757th COVID-19-related death is a 95-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 3and died Jan. 5 at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,758th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Dec. 23 and died Jan. 6 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,759th COVID-19-related death is a 71-year-old woman from Josephine County who tested positive Dec. 19 and died Jan. 5, 2022 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,760th COVID-19-related death is an 89-year-old man from Coos County who tested positive Dec. 30 and died Jan. 1 at Bay Area Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,761st COVID-19-related death is a 51-year-old man from Columbia County who died Nov. 15 at Columbia Memorial Hospital.

Saturday, January 8-Monday, January 10

Oregon’s 5,762nd COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old man from Multnomah County who died Aug. 4, 2020 at Oregon Health and Science University Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,763rd COVID-19-related death is a 62-year-old woman from Multnomah County who died Oct. 1, 2020 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,764th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old man from Marion County who died Oct. 22 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,765th COVID-19-related death is a 96-year-old man from Benton County who died Oct. 20, 2020 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,766th COVID-19-related death is a 41-year-old man from Klamath County who tested positive Oct. 22 and died Nov. 6 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,767th COVID-19-related death is a 51-year-old man from Wasco County who tested positive Oct. 14 and died Nov. 11 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 5,768th COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Nov. 4 and died Nov. 13 at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,769th COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old man from Klamath County who tested positive Oct. 28 and died Nov. 14 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,770th COVID-19-related death is a 64-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive Nov. 11 and died Nov. 11 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,771st COVID-19-related death is a 73-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Dec. 21 and died Jan. 3 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,772nd COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Dec. 31 and died Jan. 7 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,773rd COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Dec. 2 and died Jan. 7 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,774th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Dec. 27 and died Jan. 6 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,775th COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Dec. 17 and died Jan. 6 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,776th COVID-19-related death is a 63-year-old man from Crook County who died Nov. 3 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,777th COVID-19-related death is a 90-year-old man from Coos County who tested positive Jan. 7 and died Jan. 7 at Bay Area Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,778th COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old woman from Clackamas County who died Nov. 4 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,779th COVID-19-related death is a 73-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Nov. 28 and died Dec. 20 at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center.

Tuesday, January 11

Oregon’s 5,780th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive July 17, 2020 and died Dec. 23, 2020 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,781st COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old woman from Multnomah County who died May 12, 2020 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,782nd COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old woman from Benton County who tested positive Jan. 5 and died April 5 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,783rd COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old woman from Washington County who died March 31 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,784th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old woman from Washington County who died March 30 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,785th COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old woman from Multnomah County who died April 23 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,786th COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old woman from Linn County who died April 22 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,787th COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old woman from Clackamas County who died April 26 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,788th COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 25, 2021 and died on April 26 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,78th COVID-19-related death is a 91-year-old woman from Clackamas County who died May 20 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,790th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old woman from Clackamas County who died May 23 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,791st COVID-19-related death is a 93-year-old woman from Crook County who died April 14 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,792nd COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old woman from Deschutes County who tested positive Jan. 13, 2021 and died June 6 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,793rd COVID-19-related death is an 89-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 18, 2021 and died May 30 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,794th COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old man from Jackson County who died May 28 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,795th COVID-19-related death is a 57-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Feb. 12 and died May 22 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,796th COVID-19-related death is a 58-year-old woman from Yamhill County who died June 10 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,797th COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Aug. 28, 2020 and died June 12 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,798th COVID-19-related death is a 77-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive April 1 and died June 4 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,799th COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old woman from Multnomah County who died June 6 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,800th COVID-19-related death is a 61-year-old woman from Klamath County who tested positive Jan. 19 and died June 18 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,801st COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Sept. 20 and died June 29 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,802nd COVID-19-related death is a 52-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Dec. 2 and died July 18 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,803rd COVID-19-related death is a 66-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Dec. 30 and died on Jan. 7 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,804th COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Dec. 27 and died Jan. 8 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,805th COVID-19-related death is a 66-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Nov. 30 and died Jan. 5 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,806th COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive Jan. 4 and died Jan. 9 at Mercy Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5.807th COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive Dec. 26 and died Jan. 9 at Bay Area Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,808th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive Dec. 26 and died Jan. 8 at Bay Area Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,809th COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old man from Benton County who first became symptomatic Jan. 3 and died Jan. 8 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,810th COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old woman from Baker County who tested positive Sept. 3 and died Dec. 31 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,811th COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old woman from Josephine County who tested positive Dec. 22 and died Jan. 7 at Asante Thee Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,812th COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old man from Washington County who first became symptomatic Dec. 1 and died Jan. 7 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,813th death is a 71-year-old woman from Tillamook County who tested positive Jan. 2 and died Jan. 7 at Adventist Health Tillamook.

Oregon’s 5,814th COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old man from Malheur County who died Nov. 2 at his residence.

Wednesday, January 12

Oregon’s 5,780th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive on July 17, 2020 and died Dec. 23, 2020 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,781st COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old woman from Multnomah County who died May 12, 2020 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,782nd COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old woman from Benton County who tested positive January 5, 2021 and died April 5, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,783rd COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old woman from Washington County who died March 31, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,784th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old woman from Washington County who died March 30, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,785th COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old woman from Multnomah County who died April 23, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,786th COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old woman from Linn County who died April 22, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,787th COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old woman from Clackamas County who died April 26, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,788th COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 25 and died April 26, at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,789th COVID-19-related death is a 91-year-old woman from Clackamas County who died May 20, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,790th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old woman from Clackamas County who died May 23, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,791st COVID-19-related death is a 93-year-old woman from Crook County who died April 14, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,792nd COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old woman from Deschutes County who tested positive Jan. 13, 2021 and died June 6, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,793rd COVID-19-related death is an 89-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 18, and died May 30, at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,794th COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old man from Jackson County who died May 28, at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,795th COVID-19-related death is a 57-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive February 12, and died May 22, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,796th COVID-19-related death is a 58-year-old woman from Yamhill County who died June 10, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,797th COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive on August 28, 2020 and died on June 12 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,798th COVID-19-related death is a 77-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive April 1, and died June 4, at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,799th COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old woman from Multnomah County who died June 6, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,800th COVID-19-related death is a 61-year-old woman from Klamath County who tested positive Jan. 19 and died June 18, at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,801st COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive September 20, 2020 and died June 29, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,802nd COVID-19-related death is a 52-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Dec. 2, 2020 and died July 18, at her residence. significant condition contributing to death.

Oregon’s 5,803rd COVID-19-related death is a 66-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Dec. 30, and died Jan. 7, at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,804th death is a 72-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Dec. 27, and died Jan. 8, at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,805th death is a 66-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Nov. 30, and died Jan. 5, at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,806th COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive Jan. 4, 2021 and died Jan. 9, 2002 at Mercy Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,807th COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive Dec. 26, and died Jan. 9, at Bay Area Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,808th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive Dec. 26, and died Jan. , at Bay Area Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,809th COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old man from Benton County who first became symptomatic Jan. 3, and died Jan. 8, at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,810th COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old woman from Baker County who tested positive September 3, and died Dec. 31, at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,811th COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old woman from Josephine County who tested positive Dec. 22, and died Jan. 7, at Asante Thee Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,812th COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old man from Washington County who first became symptomatic Dec. 1, and died Jan. 7, at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,813th COVID-19-related death is a 71-year-old woman from Tillamook County who tested positive Jan. 2 and died Jan. 7, at Adventist Health Tillamook.

Oregon’s 5,814th COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old man from Malheur County who died Nov. 2, at his residence.

Thursday, January 13

Oregon’s 5,846th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive Sept. 17 and died Dec. 5 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,847th COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Oct. 29 and died Dec. 5 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,848th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 28, 2021 and died Dec. 4, 2021 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,849th COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old woman from Umatilla County who tested positive Nov. 27 and died Dec. 4 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,850th COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive Nov. 20 and died Dec. 4 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,851st COVID-19-related death is a 90-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive Oct. 8 and died Dec. 4 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,852nd COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old woman from Columbia County who tested positive Nov. 12  and died Dec. 3 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,853rd COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Sept. 30 and died Dec. 3 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,854th COVID-19-related death is a 97-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive August 25 and died Dec. 3 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,855th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Nov. 27 and died Dec. 2 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 5,856th COVID-19-related death is a 99-year-old man from Deschutes County who tested positive Oct. 22 and died Dec. 2 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,856th COVID-19-related death is a 99-year-old man from Deschutes County who tested positive Oct. 22 and died Dec. 2 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,857th COVID-19-related death is a 92-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Nov. 24 and died Dec. 2 at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,858th COVID-19-related death is a 73-year-old man from Lincoln County who tested positive Oct. 16 and died Dec. 1 at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,859th COVID-19-related death is a 73-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive Nov. 13 and died Dec. 1 at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,860th COVID-19-related death is a 40-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Nov. 16 and died Dec. 1 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 5,861st COVID-19-related death is a 90-year-old man from Union County who tested positive Dec. 31 and died Jan. 10 at Grande Ronde Hospital.

Oregon’s 5,862nd COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old woman from Tillamook County who tested positive Dec. 25 and died Jan. 2 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,863rd COVID-19-related death is a 55-year-old woman from Tillamook County who tested positive Dec. 21 and died Jan. 11 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 5,864th COVID-19-related death is a 52-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 7 and died Jan. 7 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,865th COVID-19-related death is a 39-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 5, 2021 and died Jan. 11, 2022 at PeaceHealth Sacred Health Medical Center at RiverBend.

Oregon’s 5,866th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Dec. 28 and died Jan. 11 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,867th COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive Nov. 26 and died Jan. 11 at Mercy Medical Center.

Oregon’s 5,868th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive Sept. 22 and died Dec. 10 at her residence.

Oregon’s 5,869th COVID-19-related death is a 91-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive Dec. 30 and died Jan. 9 at his residence.

Oregon’s 5,870th COVID-19-related death is a 25-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Dec. 31 and died Jan. 3 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

AND FINALLY,

Here again are some resources that you will find useful

• Here is the OHA’s coronavirus page, with links to a number of resources. 

• Here’s a daily data tracker from the CDC.

• Oregon's Office of Emergency Management has a website for information about COVID-19.

• Multnomah County has an excellent website with lots of really important advice and guidance.
• Here’s one from the Governor’s Office.
• The Employment Department has put together a webpage with Q&A’s on a number of employment issues related to COVID-19 (e.g., eligibility for Unemployment Insurance benefits).
• The Oregon Department of Education has a site for COVID-19 updates.
• The Department of Corrections has a COVID tracking website.

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,

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