February 3rd COVID-19 Update

Oregon State Legislature sent this bulletin at 02/04/2022 01:38 AM PST
Michael Dembrow

February 3, 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.

You’ll see several examples in tonight’s newsletter of evidence that the Omicron surge is beginning to recede here in Oregon. Our case counts are starting to go down in most counties and in the state as a whole.  Hospitalizations appear to be peaking, and deaths from COVID may be as well. Meanwhile, nationwide, the disease continues to take a heavy toll—more than 2,500 Americans continue to die every day from COVID infections. As you’ll see in one of the articles linked in tonight’s newsletter, there is new evidence that the coronavirus is killing Americans at far higher rates than people in other wealthy nations. Again, the unvaccinated continue to be at far greater risk of death from the disease, particularly when compared to those who have received boosters.

The Legislature began its 2022 session this week.  Again, our committee meetings remain virtual, and so far we’ve only had one floor session.  We were able to have a quorum for that opening day meeting of the Senate, though six of our 30 members were unable to attend for medical reasons. (The specific nature of those conditions is confidential, but COVID is most likely the culprit.) They included five Republicans and one Democrat.

Despite the backdrop of the pandemic, the legislative work this week has been quite typical for a short session—incredibly intense, with packed agendas, and a lot of public testimony.  We did have some action on the first day from a couple hundred protesters seeking to enter the Capitol without masks. A few did come in with masks and then took them off, but it really didn’t amount to much.  Most legislators had already left for the day by the time this occurred.

This week it was all about public hearings on various bills.  Next week we’ll start to see bills voted out of committee. The deadline for getting bills out of their first committee is Monday, February 14.  That means that for committees that meet on Tuesday and Thursday, as many do, that means that bills need to be voted out of committee by Thursday or they can’t move this session.  Check out the committee schedules on OLIS (olis.oregonlegislature.gov) and see which bills are scheduled for Work Sessions (i.e., votes) next week.  If they’re not scheduled for a work session, they’re likely not going anywhere this session.  That will be the case for the great majority of introduced bills.

Next week I look forward to hearings and votes on my two personal priority bills—SB 1567, the bill taking action to reduce the catastrophic risk posed by fuel storage tanks in the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub; and SB 1568, the bill seeking to fix our broken system of compassionate medical release for severely ill adults in custody. I’ll report on their trajectory next week.

Don’t forget that I’ll be going into a lot of the behind-the-scenes activity on the session this Saturday at my monthly constituent coffee.  More info on that below.

I’d like to close this newsletter with a hearty welcome to one of our newest legislators: Representative Travis Nelson, who was sworn in on Tuesday as the new representative for HD 44 (the seat formerly held by Speaker Tina Kotek).  Travis is someone I’ve worked with in the past on universal health care and labor issues.  He’s a nurse and active in the Oregon Nurses Association, the latest addition to our BIPOC caucus.  I know I’ll be partnering with Travis on a number of crucial issues and am really looking forward to that.

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

 

Next Constituent Coffee A Week This Saturday!

Saturday will be the first Saturday of the month, so February 5, 9:00-10:30 a.m., will be our next zoom coffee.

It’ll be a chance to hear about the first week of session, what we know and don’t know about the trajectory of the session, the latest on COVID and the state’s response--and of course a chance for you to share your priorities and questions about individual bills and issues.

Hope to see you there!  You can register here.

 

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OREGON CORONAVIRUS AND CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE UPDATE

  • New COVID Cases: OHA reports 5,417 new COVID cases today, vs. 7,871 last Thursday. That’s an average of 5,181 per day for the last week (vs. 7,594 per day the previous week). The cumulative number of cases in Oregon since the beginning of the pandemic is 649,389.
  • 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 remains responsible for nearly 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 5,998 positive test results today (vs. 9,730 last Thursday). That’s an average of 6,430 per day for the 7 days since the last newsletter (vs. 9,422 per day the previous week). The cumulative total of positive test results since the beginning of the pandemic is now 858,994.
  • Total Tests: OHA reported an additional 34,473 tests today (vs. 41,227 last Thursday). That’s an average of 31,932 per day for the last week (vs. 39,185 for the previous week). Our cumulative total of reported tests is 9,956,158.
  • Positivity Rate: The test positivity ratio for Oregon today was 17.4% (vs. last week’s 23.6% and the incredible 27.0% the week before). That’s an average of 20.2% per day for the last week (vs. 24.0% last week).
  • Hospitalization Information:
    • Patients Currently with Confirmed COVID-19: 1,087 (43 fewer than last newsletter)
    • ICU Patients Confirmed w COVID-19: 183 (14 more than last newsletter.)
    • Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Currently on Ventilators: 89 (10 more than last newsletter)
    • Available Ventilators: 860 (8 more than last newsletter).
  • Hospital Capacity:
    • Available Adult ICU Beds: 57 (9% availability) (2 fewer than last newsletter).
    • Other Available Adult Beds: 250 (6% availability) (16 fewer than last newsletter).
    • Available Pediatric ICU Beds: 5 (13% availability) (1 fewer than last Thursday).
    • Here’s a link to more OHA data on hospital capacity.
  • Deaths: I’m sorry to report 18 additional COVID deaths today (vs. 19 last Thursday).  That’s an average of nearly 16 per day for the week since the last newsletter (vs. 7 the previous week). The total number of COVID deaths in Oregon is 6,181.
  • Vaccinations:
    • Today, OHA reported that 9,587 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry Feb. 2. Of that total, 808 were initial doses, 909 were second doses and 3,081 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 4,663 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry Feb. 2. 
    • The seven-day running average is now 9,396 doses per day (down from 10,859 a week ago). 
    • Total doses administered: 7,222,393
      • 4,0062,984 Pfizer/Comimaty vaccines
      • 213,676 Pfizer Pediatric vaccines
      • 2,666,551 Moderna vaccines
      • 265,589 Johnson & Johnson vaccines
    • Total Oregonians vaccinated so far: 3,131,996 (up by 11,914 from last week)
      • 2,831,492 now fully vaccinated with two doses (up by 11,070 from the previous week)
    • So far, 76.2% of all Oregonians have received at least one dose
      • 80.6% of those 5 and older
      • 84.7% of those 12 and older
      • 86.2% of those 18 and older
      • 95% of those 65 and older
    • 67.9% of all Oregonians are now fully vaccinated
      • 71.8% of those 5 and older
      • 76.1% of those 12 and older
      • 77.4% of those 18 and older
      • 89.8% of those 65 and older
    • 48.9% of all Oregonians have received a booster shot
      • 52.3% of those 18 and older
      • 64.0% of those 50 and older
      • 72.7% 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

  • What will it mean to “live with the virus” at some point? As the Washington Post reports, that will likely depend on where on the planet you live.
  • OPB’s Amelia Templeton takes a close look at what’s going on at Salem Hospital today.  It's not a pretty picture.
  • Pfizer has petitioned for approval of its vaccine for children younger than five. Approval is uncertain because so far it hasn’t been as successful in trials after two doses as had been hoped. But it may be approved anyway.  Here's why. 
  • Last week I reported that Medicare had not yet decided to offer free at-home tests to seniors, but that they likely would be soon. Well, they have.  Starting in the spring, Medicare recipients will soon be able to receive eight at-home tests per month.
  • New CDC data show further overwhelming evidence of the power of boosters. They reduce the risk of death from COVID enormously.
  • OHA has stockpiled more than two million COVID tests. Why are they still sitting in a warehouse?
  • And in data coming out of California, we’re seeing hospitalization rates among the unvaccinated that are up to 25 times higher than they are for the vaccinated and boosted.
  • We know that Omicron has been displacing Delta all over the country (and the world).  But that doesn't mean that we're through with Delta.
  • One of the impediments to successful anti-COVID programs in countries around the world? Lack of trust in their government.
  • The U.S. has higher death rates from COVID than most wealthy countries.  Here's more on why.
  • We often hear that Omicron is milder than other forms of COVID. But for people with underlying conditions, even Omicron is often not mild.
  • Doctors in India are working on a vaccine booster that would NOT be delivered via a shot in the arm. They’re finding that a nasal spray may be more effective against a variant like Omicron.  And it would certainly address the needs of those whose vaccine hesitancy is due to discomfort with injections. Check it out.
  • I’ve written in the past about state medical boards taking the unusual step of disciplining physicians for spreading vaccine misinformation. Now some of them are receiving pushback from politicians in their states.
  • Here’s news writeup on SB 1521, the Senate Education Committee bill that will protect superintendents from being fired for following state or federal law. Sad that it’s needed, but it’s needed.

 

Want to Testify?

As this first week of the 2022 session finishes up, hundreds of Oregonians from around the state have already participated in public hearings on a variety of topics, providing us with input either from a computer station at the Capitol or from their home or workplaces.  Despite the occasional technical glitches and people forgetting to unmute, it’s gone quite well so far.  If there’s a topic that you’d like to engage on, I encourage you to do so. 

You can sign up to provide phone or video testimony up to an hour before the hearing.  Or you could submit written testimony till the day after the hearing. 

Alternatively, let me steer you towards a set of recources that legislators received this week from the director of our Legislative Policy and Research Office (LPRO), the team that manages all our hearings and the work of our committees.  Here you go:

Happy first day of session! The Legislative Policy and Research Office (LPRO) is staffing a testimony station in the Capitol as we did last session for all policy, fiscal, and revenue committee meetings with a public testimony component. Anyone may come to Room 167 to testify in a committee hearing, to get help registering to testify, or to get help submitting written testimony.

Here are a few links that may also be handy:

Please reach out to our office if you need any help with testifying

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Black History Month Begins--and with it the African Film Festival!!!

OK, please indulge me for a point of personal privilege.

As many of you know, I've been a part of the group responsible for the amazing Cascade Festival of African Films ever since its beginning 32 years ago.  February always brings with it a month of films from all over the African continent and diaspora, filmmakers, discussions, music, a marketplace, and a celebration of all things Africa, its beauty, its cultures, and its challenges.  Friday evening kicks off this year's festival. 

Once again we'll be kicking off the festival at the historic Hollywood Theatre in the heart of SD 23.  Nearly all of this year's film programs will again be remote. You can watch the films and participate in post-film Q&As with filmmakers and individuals from the film's country of origin from your home, either live or recorded. For opening night you'll have a choice of in-person or remote.  There will be a number of safety measures in place for the in-person screening: 50% occupancy, masking, no food in the theater so no need to remove masks, and of course as always the case at the Hollywood: no entry without proof of vaccination or negative test result within 72 hours.

I really encourage you to check out the program here. The website is full of information about the films, the programs, the festival history, and lots more.  Many thanks to Portland Community College for hosting the festival these many years.  This year's lovely Festival poster is once again the creation of a very talented PCC student in Graphic Arts.  

You'll find information about how to access the films (as always, thanks to the generosity of donors and sponsors the festival is entirely free of charge) in this strange new format.  We had great success with the remote format last year, attracting a number of new participants from outside the Portland area.  Fingers crossed that this will be the last year that we HAVE to do it this way; but I suspect that we'll choose to continue to offer some programs remotely in the future to take advantage of this new form of outreach.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the Festival.

 

Weekly County Report: Reductions Overall, Driven by the Metro Area

The latest OHA county report, showing 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 30.

The Omicron transmission numbers reported this week continue to be extremely high, but they are going down for the state as a whole, driven by reductions in the Portland Tri-County area. 

infection rate has gone from to 1,335.8 per 100K in the last report to 1,045 9 in this one; the test positivity rate has also gone down, from 24.5% last week to 22.6% this week.

As we’ve seen around the country, the Omicron peaks hit the populous areas first, and so did the declines.  The Portland-area counties are driving the statewide reduction rates, as they are seeing their infection rates declining substantially (though still extremely high).  As opposed to last week, we’re finally seeing the rural counties beginning to come down.  As you’ll see in the report, though, their rates remain extraordinarily high in many cases. 

 

OHA Weekly Report: Big Drop in New Oregon Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths Continue to Rise

OHA’s COVID-19 Weekly Report released on Wednesday showed a marked decline in weekly cases, but higher hospitalizations and deaths.

  • OHA reported 43,606 new cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, Jan. 24 through Sunday, Jan. 30 – a 22% decline from last week, and the lowest weekly total in four weeks.
  • There were 739 new COVID-19-related hospitalizations, a 13.9% increase over the previous week.
  • COVID-19-related deaths more than doubled to 147 for the week. Last week, however, was another week where the reports included many from earlier times.
  • Reported COVID-19 test results dropped by 14%. There were 249,556 tests administered, down from 288,232 the previous week.
  • Test positivity declined slightly from 24.5% to 22.6%.

Today’s COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak Report shows 310 total active outbreaks in care facilities, senior living communities and congregate living settings.That’s another increase, up from 273 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

1/05/22            64 facilities

1/12/22           128 facilities

1/20/22           210 facilities

1/26/22           273 facilities

 2/2/22            310 facilities

This week’s report also shows us a sizeable increase in the number of reported COVID deaths in congregate care. It’s not clear if all these newly-reported deaths are actually recent and the result of the Omicron wave..

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

01/20   1,961 (pandemic total)      +15

01/26  1,971 (pandemic total)      +10

02/02  2,005 (pandemic total)      +34

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

 

The Latest Breakthrough Report: Severe Cases Continue to Be Among the Unvaccinated

OHA’s most recent update on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, released today, reported 44,421 cases of COVID-19 during the week of Jan. 23 to Jan. 29. 

Of those cases, 28,990, or 65.3% (vs. last week’s 71.2%), were unvaccinated people and 15,431, or 34.1%, were vaccine breakthrough cases. Among the vaccine breakthrough cases, 4,852, or 31.4%, were fully vaccinated and boosted. 

The latest breakthrough report can be found here.

128 breakthrough cases were residents of care facilities, senior living communities or other congregate care settings (up from 98 last week).

To date, there have been 123,740 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases in Oregon, out of a total of 649,389.

Although the great majority of COVID cases continue to involve unvaccinated people, the difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated is narrowing somewhat.  The report shows that the rate of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people is now more than three times as high as fully vaccinated people (down from four times last week), and nearly 6.5 times higher than in fully vaccinated and boosted people (down from nine times).

However, this narrowing may simply be a function of problems with reporting. OHA reports that “as case counts have increased dramatically during the Omicron surge, breakthrough case ascertainment has been unable to keep pace with the volume of reported cases because about a third of recent case vaccination status is unknown.  OHA is working toward alternative methods to identify vaccination status for all reported cases in a timely manner.” 

Where the vaccines continue to really make a difference is in preventing serious COVID cases.  Nearly all breakthrough cases show no symptoms, or symptoms that are relatively mild. Here--with respect to hospitalizations and deaths--the numbers are more accurate. And in those severe cases, the gap between vaccinated and unvaccinated individual is increasing, not narrowing.   The percentage of breakthrough hospitalizations and deaths continues to go down.  To date, only 2.7% of the small percentage of vaccine breakthrough cases have been hospitalized (down from 2.9%), and just 0.6% have died (down from 0.7%). 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 Shows Oregon’s Omicron Peak Has Been Reached

The current OHSU forecast report, https://www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-02/OHSU-COVID-Forecast-Feb-3-2022.pdf  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 were approaching the peak in COVID cases here in Oregon. This week’s forecast shows that we have passed the peak and are starting to see numbers go down.  COVID cases will likely go down more quickly than hospitalizations.  Hospitalizations should return to their pre-surge level (400 statewide) by the end of March.

Here are key observations in this week’s report:

  • The number of people in Oregon hospitals as of Feb. 3 was 1,087, with no increase from the week before. 
  • Case counts and test positivity rates are decreasing. These are the first decreases since the beginning of the surge.
  • Behavior around mask-wearing and indoor activities is inching back toward pre-surge levels. Mask-wearing does remain high overall.
  • The peak in hospitalizations in other states was, on average, 36% higher per capita than Oregon's current peak. If Oregon reached that level, 1,543 beds would be needed.
  • As of Feb 2, 32% of occupied ICU beds had COVID patients in them statewide, up from 28% the week before.
  • There were 28 children in Oregon hospitals. The number rose briefly to 37 during the week but, like the adult number, remains stable.
  • Flu cases remain low, with 42 cases reported compared with 840 in a similar week two years ago.
  • The forecast for deaths during the surge is not expected to reach the levels of the delta wave.
  • The forecast shows that Oregon is hitting its peak. While numbers may bounce around day to day, sustained increases are unlikely.
  • The number of COVID-19 patients in Oregon hospitals is expected to return to the pre-omicron level of 400 on March 27.

 

And the Deaths:

Here is information about the 114 additional deaths that have been reported since last Thursday’s newsletter, vs. 151 the week before. 

Of those 114, only 84 actually occurred in January or February, vs. 74 last week. The daily reported deaths often include reports coming in late, and in some cases very late. So, these daily reports are always subject to revision.

OHA does have a dashboard that shows week-over-week numbers of deaths by actual date of death, not when the deaths were reported (i.e., they go back and plug those late-reports into the weeks they actually occurred.  You can find that dashboard here. It’s updated once a week.

Friday, January 28

Oregon’s 6,068th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Sept. 21, 2021, and died Sept. 21, 2021, at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,069th COVID-19-related death is a 92-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Sept. 3, 2021, and died Sept. 30, 2021, at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,070th COVID-19-related death is a 91-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Sept. 29, 2021, and died Oct. 7, 2021, at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,071st COVID-19-related death is a 92-year-old man from Columbia County who tested positive Sept. 14, 2021, and died Oct. 8, 2021, at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,072nd COVID-19-related death is a 92-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive August 27, 2021, and died Nov. 11, 2021, at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,073rd COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old man from Crook County who tested positive Jan. 6 and died Jan. 15 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,074th COVID-19-related death is a 91-year-old man from Benton County who tested positive Jan. 13 and died Jan. 27 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,075th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old man from Baker County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Jan. 26 at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.

Oregon’s 6,076th COVID-19-related death is a 34-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Jan. 26 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,077th COVID-19-related death is an 89-year-old man from Wasco County who tested positive Jan. 22 and died Jan. 28 at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,078th COVID-19-related death is a 92-year-old man from Umatilla County who tested positive Jan. 21 and died Jan. 21 at Providence St. Mary Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,079th COVID-19-related death is a 73-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 4 and died Jan. 26 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 6,080th COVID-19-related death is a 91-year-old woman from Malheur County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Jan. 27 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,081st COVID-19-related death is a 90-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 19 and died Jan. 26 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.

Oregon’s 6,082nd COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 4 and died Jan. 27 at McKenzie Willamette Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,083rd COVID-19-related death is a 93-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Jan. 26 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,084th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 19 and died Jan. 26 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,085th COVID-19-related death is a 100-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Nov. 6, 2021 and died Nov. 15, 2021 at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,086th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Jan. 23 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.

Saturday, January 29-Monday, January 31

Note from OHA: Updated information is known about Oregon’s 5,480th COVID-19-related death, reported Dec. 15, a 60-year-old man from Clackamas County. He is not deceased.

Because of this update, we are re-numbering our reports to start with 6,086 today.

Oregon’s 6,086th COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive Dec. 6, 2021, and died Dec. 19, 2021, at Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center.

Oregon’s 6,087th COVID-19-related death is a 60-year-old woman from Polk County who tested positive Aug.27, 2021, and died Sept. 19, 2021.

Oregon’s 6,088th COVID-19-related death is a 77-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Sept. 6, 2021, and died Sept.16, 2021, at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,089th COVID-19-related death is a 50-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 11 and died Jan. 25 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,090th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 8 and died Jan. 16 at Kaiser Westside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,091st COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old woman from Wasco County who died Nov. 27, 2020 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,092nd COVID-19-related death is a 64-year-old man from Wasco County who tested positive Jan. 24 and died Jan. 28 at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,093rd COVID-19-related death is a 56-year-old man from Umatilla County who tested positive Jan. 13 and died Jan. 27 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.

Oregon’s 6,094th COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 26 and died Jan. 27 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.

Oregon’s 6,095th COVID-19-related death is an 89-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 21 and died Jan. 26 at McKenzie Willamette Center.

Oregon’s 6,096th COVID-19-related death is a 55-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive Nov. 21, 2021 and died Jan. 29 at Mercy Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,097th COVID-19-related death is a 52-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 2 and died Jan. 28 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,098th COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 24 and died Jan. 25 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,099th COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 26 and died Jan. 28 at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,100th COVID-19-related death is an 89-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 7 and died Jan. 14.

Tuesday, February 1

Oregon’s 6,101st COVID-19-related death is a 49-year-old woman from Lincoln County who tested positive Jan. 27 and died Jan. 27 at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,102nd COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 28 and died Jan. 28 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,103rd COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 25 and died Jan. 30 at Mckenzie Willamette Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,104th COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 15 and died Jan. 30 at Peacehealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.

Oregon’s 6,105th COVID-19-related death is a 66-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 4 and died Jan. 28 Mckenzie Willamette Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,106th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old woman from Klamath County who tested positive Jan. 11 and died Jan. 25 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,107th COVID-19-related death is a 61-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Jan. 24 and died Jan. 30 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,108th COVID-19-related death is a 77-year-old woman from Josephine County who tested positive Jan. 24 and died Jan. 28 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,109th COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old woman from Josephine County who tested positive Jan. 21 and died Jan. 30 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,110th COVID-19-related death is a 62-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Jan. 19 and died Jan. 30 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,111th COVID-19-related death is a 58-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Jan. 16 and died Jan. 30 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,112th COVID-19-related death is a 90-year-old woman from Josephine County who tested positive Jan. 14 and died Jan. 29 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,113th COVID-19-related death is a 30-year-old man from Jefferson County who tested positive Jan. 25 and died Jan. 30 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,114th COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 21 and died Jan. 30 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,115th COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Jan. 28 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,116th COVID-19-related death is a 67-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 12 and died Jan. 29 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,117th COVID-19-related death is a 56-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive Jan. 29 and died Jan. 31 at Mercy Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,118th COVID-19-related death is a 95-year-old woman from Deschutes County who died Sept. 19, 2020 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,119th COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old woman from Crook County who tested positive Jan. 25 and died Jan. 29 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,120th COVID-19-related death is a 59-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive Dec. 21, 2021 and died Jan. 28 at Bay Area Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,121st COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old man from Benton County who tested positive Jan. 22 and died Jan. 29 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,122nd COVID-19-related death is a 100-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 5 and died Jan. 17 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,123rd COVID-19-related death is a 49-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Jan. 27 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,124th COVID-19-related death is a 60-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 26 and died Jan. 30 at Silverton Hospital.

Wednesday, February 2

Oregon’s 6,125th COVID-19-related death is a 43-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive May 5, 2021, and died May 20, 2021, at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.

Oregon’s 6,126th COVID-19-related death is a 41-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive May 3, 2021, and died June 3, 2021, at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,127th COVID-19-related death is a 57-year-old woman from Clatsop County who tested positive July 30, 2021, and died Aug. 7, 2021, at Columbia Memorial Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,128th COVID-19-related death is a 51-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Aug. 17, 2021, and died Aug. 25, 2021, at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,129th COVID-19-related death is a 59-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Aug. 20, 2021, and died Aug. 30, 2021, at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,130th COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive June 30, 2021, and died Aug. 25, 2021, at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,131st COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old woman from Yamhill County who tested positive Aug. 26, 2021, and died Sept. 4, 2021, at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,132nd COVID-19-related death is a 98-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Aug. 29, 2021, and died Sept. 20, 2021, at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,133rd COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Dec. 7, 2021, and died Dec. 18, 2021, at Providence Milwaukie Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,134th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Aug. 24, 2021, and died Dec. 19, 2021, at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.

Oregon’s 6,135th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 9, 2021, and died Dec. 19, 2021, at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,136th COVID-19-related death is a 50-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Dec. 14, 2021, and died Dec. 20, 2021, at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,137th COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Nov. 28, 2021, and died Dec. 20, 2021, at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 6,138th COVID-19-related death is a 97-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Dec. 10, 2021, and died Dec. 21, 2021, at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,139th COVID-19-related death is a 30-year-old man from Hood River County who tested positive Dec. 21, 2021, and died Dec. 22, 2021, at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,140th COVID-19-related death is a 55-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 22, 2021, and died Dec. 22, 2021, at his residence. 

Oregon’s 6,141st COVID-19-related death is a 51-year-old man from Multnomah County who died May 20, 2021, at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,142nd COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Jan. 7 and died Jan. 25 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,143rd COVID-19-related death is an 89-year-old woman from Jefferson County who tested positive Jan. 24 and died Jan. 25 at her residence. 

Oregon’s 6,144th COVID-19-related death is a 44-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 30 and died Jan. 31 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,145th COVID-19-related death is a 91-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 21 and died Jan. 31 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,146th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old man from Harney County who tested positive Jan. 18 and died Jan. 31 at Harney District Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,147th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive Jan. 22 and died Jan. 31 at Mercy Medical Center. 

Oregon’s 6,148th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive Jan. 11 and died Feb. 1 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,149th COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old woman from Curry County who died Sept. 4, 2021, at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,150th COVID-19-related death is a 98-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 28 and died Jan. 29 at OHSU Hillsboro Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,151st COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 25 and died Jan. 31 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,152nd COVID-19-related death is a 90-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 23 and died Jan. 23 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,153rd COVID-19-related death is a 62-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 23 and died Jan. 25 at OHSU Hillsboro Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,154th COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 15 and died Jan. 27 at Providence St Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,155th COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 11 and died Jan. 17 at Providence St Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,156th COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Jan. 31 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,157th COVID-19-related death is a 61-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive Jan. 28 and died Jan. 29 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,158th COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old woman from Yamhill County who tested positive Jan. 18 and died Jan. 30 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,159th COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 21 and died Jan. 26 at Santiam Memorial Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,160th COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 19 and died Jan. 24 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,161st COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 18 and died Jan. 26 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,162nd COVID-19-related death is a 92-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 16 and died Jan. 25 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,163rd COVID-19-related death is a 59-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 9 and died Jan. 27 at Salem Hospital.

Thursday, February 3

Oregon’s 6,164th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Jan. 29 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,165th COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 19 and died Jan. 28 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,166th COVID-19-related death is a 61-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 15 and died Jan. 28 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,167th COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 11 and died Jan. 28 at Legacy Silverton Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,168th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 7 and died Jan. 28 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,169th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Dec. 19 and died Jan. 28 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,170th COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old woman from Malheur County who tested positive Feb. 1 and died Feb. 2 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center – Ontario.

Oregon’s 6,171st COVID-19-related death is a 51-year-old man from Malheur County who tested positive Jan. 29 and died Jan. 31 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center – Ontario.

Oregon’s 6,172nd COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 18 and died Feb. 1 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.

Oregon’s 6,173rd COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Jan. 14 and died Feb. 2 at Mercy Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,174th COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive Jan. 23 and died Feb. 2 at Mercy Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,175th COVID-19-related death is a 71-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive Jan. 24 and died Feb. 2 at Mercy Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,176th COVID-19-related death is a 98-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive Jan. 19 and died Jan. 26 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,177th COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old man from Columbia County who tested positive May 2, 2021, and died May 18, 2021, at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,178th COVID-19-related death is an 85-year-old man from Union County who tested positive Jan. 17 and died Jan. 28 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,179th COVID-19-related death is a 63-year-old man from Tillamook County who tested positive Dec. 31 and died Feb. 1 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 6,180th COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 25 and died Jan. 29 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,181st COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 21 and died Jan. 28 at Salem Hospital.

 

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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