March 3rd COVID Update

March 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.

I feel a little nervous saying this (because you never know what’s coming), but tonight’s newsletter is largely full of very good news.  I’m happy to report that the 2022 legislative session appears to be just hours away from completion.  Following the long and difficult floor debate in the Senate this morning on the Farmworker Overtime bill (HB 4002), which led to the passage of the bill on a 17-10 vote, Republicans decided to dispense with bill reading, which immediately led to bills moving very quickly.  Moreover, they decided to waive the other statutory timelines that would have required us to take several more days to complete the session.

It was clear that once that controversial bill had been dispensed with, everyone was ready to move as quickly as possible to passage of the final budget bill (which is extremely, unusually generous this year) that will be the last bill to pass before the adjournment vote.  This was equally true in the House.

As a result, the House will return at 9 tomorrow morning and the Senate at 10 to complete our work.  We should be finished “sine die” by around noon.

I’ll get out a summary newsletter this weekend to fill you in on the fate of the bills I’ve been following.  Also, you’ll see info below on this Saturday’s constituent coffee and Wednesday evening’s Town Hall with Reps Pham and Smith Warner.

In a nutshell, all the bills that were on track to pass in my last newsletter have now passed both chambers and are headed to the Governor for her signature—except for one: SB 1567. Time ran out in the House this evening for the CEI Hub bill to be considered, so it’s among the handful of bills up for a vote first thing tomorrow morning.  I’m pleased to report that it passed the Senate on Tuesday on a strong 23-2 vote.  I’m confident it will pass the House in the morning.

On the COVID front, the dramatic declines in COVID cases, positivity rates, and hospitalizations are continuing, again exceeding projections for when we’ll hit the hoped-for target of 400 COVID hospitalizations for the state. We are at 404 as I write this, so we may well get there tomorrow.  Still, we’ll have to wait a week for the remaining COVID restrictions to be lifted, as the three Western states have agreed to take this action together on March 12.

In anticipation of that day, many Oregonians are already beginning to reduce their mask-wearing and distancing, but according to the latest OHSU tracking, most are not.  Fortunately, most of the Portland area has now moved back into the Low Risk category, back to a status that we haven’t had since the summer.  So it’s unlikely that we’ll see case numbers go up anytime soon (he says).  Fingers crossed, fingers crossed.

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

March Constituent Coffee!!!

Saturday, March 5, is the first Saturday of the month, and that means it’s time for our regular constituent coffee from 9 to10:30.  I had thought I might be doing this from the Capitol, but as I write this, it appears that we will be bringing this session to a close tonight or tomorrow.

This will be a chance for us to catch up on the end of session.  I’ll be able to take you behind the scenes on the bills that did and did not pass, and do some looking forward on next steps for the latter.

Hope to see you there!  You can register for the coffee here.

Also, Reps Smith Warner and Pham and I will be holding a post-session zoom town hall on Wednesday (March 9) evening.  You can register for the town hall here.

OREGON CORONAVIRUS AND CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE UPDATE

• New COVID Cases: OHA reports 696 new COVID cases today, vs. 856 last Thursday. That’s an average of 667 per day for the last week (vs. 989 per day the previous week). The cumulative number of cases in Oregon since the beginning of the pandemic is 696,003.
• 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 837 positive test results today (vs. 1,170 last Thursday). That’s an average of 877 per day for the 7 days since the last newsletter (vs. 1,350 per day the previous week). The cumulative total of positive test results since the beginning of the pandemic is now 918,104.
• Total Tests: OHA reported an additional 18,288 tests today (vs. 18,288 last Thursday). That’s an average of 16,931 per day for the last week (vs. 16,958 for the previous week). Our cumulative total of reported tests is 10,510,237.
• Positivity Rate: The test positivity ratio for Oregon today was 4.6% (vs. last week’s 6.4%). That’s an average of 5.2% per day for the last week (vs. 7.7% last week).
• Hospitalization Information:
  • Patients Currently with Confirmed COVID-19: 404 (124 fewer than last newsletter)
  • ICU Patients Confirmed w COVID-19: 69 (36 fewer than last newsletter.)
  • Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Currently on Ventilators: 38 (15 fewer than last newsletter)
  • Available Ventilators: 869 (22 more than last newsletter).
• Hospital Capacity:
  • Available Adult ICU Beds: 89 (13% availability) (5 fewer than last newsletter).
  • Other Available Adult Beds: 312 (7% availability) (38 fewer than last newsletter).
  • Available Pediatric ICU Beds: 10 (24% availability) (3 more than last Thursday).
• Here’s a link to more OHA data on hospital capacity.
• Deaths: I’m sorry to report 59 additional COVID deaths today (vs. 28 last Thursday). We haven’t received details yet, but I suspect that many are from earlier days. In any case, that’s an average of 15 per day for the week since the last newsletter (vs. 19 the previous week). The total number of COVID deaths in Oregon is 6,686.
• Vaccinations:
  • Today, OHA reported that 4,274 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry March 2. Of that total, 418 were initial doses, 467 were second doses and 1,150 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 2,097 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry March 2.
  • The seven-day running average is now 3,619 doses per day.
  • Total doses administered: 7,389,444
    • 4,151,939 Pfizer/Comimaty vaccines
    • 235,775 Pfizer Pediatric vaccines
    • 2,718,549 Moderna vaccines
    • 268,901 Johnson & Johnson vaccines
  • Total Oregonians vaccinated so far: 3,160,969 (up by 5,562 from last week)
    • 2,867,316 now fully vaccinated with two doses (up by 6,808 from the previous week)
  • So far, 77% of all Oregonians have received at least one dose
    • 81.4% of those 5 and older
    • 85.4% of those 12 and older
    • 86.8% of those 18 and older
    • 95% of those 65 and older
  • 68.7% of all Oregonians are now fully vaccinated
    • 72.6% of those 5 and older
    • 76.6% of those 12 and older
    • 77.9% of those 18 and older
    • 90% of those 65 and older
  • 51.4% of all Oregonians have received a booster shot
    • 53.3% of those 12 and older
    • 54.9% of those 18 and older
    • 74.6% 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

• Again, if you want to see whether your co unty is considered at Low, Medium, or High risk of COVID infection right now, here's the search page.
• The Portland Tribune reports on the recent decision  to move the lifting of COVID restrictions to March 12.
• As a result of  the big drop in COVID infections, the CDC is no longer recommending widespread contact tracing.
• Here's reporting on the latest COVID school policy from the Oregon Department of Education.
• And here's a link to the policy itself 
• CDC researchers have found that COVID vaccines curb but do not completely halt the transmission of Omicron between household members. Still, those who are vaccinated and boosted remain much lower than those who are unvaccinated, even for the highly infectious Omicron.
• A new study shows that the lower-dose Pfizer vaccine for kids under twelve is much less effective at preventing infection than the regular dose given to teens.
• Here’s the latest Checkup with Dr. Wen.

Weekly County Report: Continuing Big Declines Around the State

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, February 27.

The Omicron transmission numbers reported this week have now dropped to moderate levels for the state as a whole.

The statewide infection rate has gone from to 231.4 per 100K in the last report to 131.0 per 100K in this one; the test positivity rate has also gone down, from 9.5% last week to 6.4% this week.

Every county has seen their numbers go down over the last week. Though some counties were still at a “High” level in this week’s report, by today they are all at the CDC “Low” or “Medium” levels.

OHA Weekly Report: Big Drops in New Oregon Cases and Hospitalizations

OHA’s COVID-19 Weekly Data Report, released yesterday, showed declines in weekly cases and COVID-19-related hospitalizations, but higher deaths.

• OHA reported 5,337 new cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, Feb. 21 through Sunday, Feb. 28 – a 43% decline from the previous week, and a 90% drop from the peak case level Oregon experienced the week of Jan. 17 through Jan 23.
• During the week of Feb. 21 through Feb. 28, there were 438 COVID-19-related hospitalizations, a 31% decrease over the previous week.
• COVID-19-related deaths increased to 137 from 111 the previous week.
• Reported COVID-19 test results dropped 13%. There were 113,657 tests administered, down from last week’s 130,116.
• Test positivity dropped to 6.4%, down from 9.6%.

Today’s COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak report shows 268 total active outbreaks in care facilities, senior living communities and congregate living settings, down from 314 the previous 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

2/10/22           341 facilities

2/16/22           339 facilities

2/24/22           314 facilities

3/2/22             268 facilities

Here are the numbers of deaths in our congregate care settings.  The numbers here will likely stay relatively high for a while, though overall their growth is abating.

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

02/10  2,031 (pandemic total)      +26

02/16  2,061 (pandemic total)      +30

02/24   2,090 (pandemic total)      +29

03/02  2,122 (pandemic total)      +32

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: Share of Breakthrough Cases Goes Up, While Severe Cases Continue to Be Among the UNvaccinated

OHA’s most recent update on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, released today, reported 5,589 cases of COVID-19 during the week of Feb. 20 to Feb. 26. The latest breakthrough report can be found here.

Of those cases, 2,950, or 52.8.%, were in unvaccinated people, and 2,632, or 47.1%, were vaccine breakthrough cases. Among the breakthrough cases, 1,119, or 42.5%, were fully vaccinated and boosted.

Twenty-two breakthrough cases involved residents of care facilities, senior living communities or other congregate care settings (down from 52 last week).

To date, there have been 192,934 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases in Oregon out of a total of 696,003.. Of those cases, 44,109, or 22.9%, were fully vaccinated.

The report shows that the rate of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people is twice the rate (down from 2.5 times) as in vaccinated people, and three times higher (down from 4 times) than in people who are fully vaccinated and boosted.

Where the vaccines continue to really make a difference is in preventing serious COVID cases.  Here, the gap between vaccinated and unvaccinated individual is increasing, not narrowing.  Nearly all breakthrough cases show no symptoms, or symptoms that are relatively mild. The percentage of breakthrough hospitalizations and deaths continues to go down.  To date, only 2.4% of the small percentage of vaccine breakthrough cases have been hospitalized and just 0.5% have died (same as last week). Nearly all the COVID patients in ICUs and on ventilators have been unvaccinated.

The median age of vaccinated people who died is 80.

To date, nearly 3 million Oregonians are fully vaccinated.

New OHSU Forecast Continues to Show Faster-Than-Expected Declines

The latest 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 shows that the steep declines are continuing.  It again appears that we will reach the Governor’s goal of 400 COVID hospitalizations ahead of the original March 31^st projection—in fact, we’ll probably get there tomorrow. However, the COVID restrictions will still remain in place until March 12, a date agreed upon by the three Western states.

Here are key observations in this week’s report:

• As of March 3, 404 patients were in Oregon hospitals, a drop of more than 120 from the week before.
• On a per capita basis, only ten other states have seen their hospitalizations come down to this level: IA, MD, VT, NV, IL, CO, CT, RI, NH, MA, HI.
• All Oregon regions are showing significant declines in hospitalizations. Two regions in southern Oregon (5 and 7) still have more than 10 patients per 100,000 residents.
• Case counts and positive tests are decreasing.
• People in Oregon are now spending time indoors with others and going to restaurants at the same rate as before the Omicron surge.
• Fewer people in Oregon are wearing masks. The rate has dropped to 74% from a peak of 84% on Jan. 23.
• A new Omicron variant called BA.2 is beginning to spread in the U.S. There are still few cases in Oregon.
• As of March 3, 12% of occupied ICU beds had COVID patients in them statewide, a drop from 19% the previous week.
• Fourteen children were in Oregon hospitals. This is still more than the peak level of 13 children during the Delta surge but a drop from 22 the previous week.
• Deaths per day are declining after peaking on Jan. 31.
• The decline in hospitalized patients is slowing. This has been the fastest decline in hospitalizations in Oregon to date.
• The number of people in Oregon hospitals is expected to fall below 400 in the next few days. Some regions may not reach a comparable level of hospitalized patients until about March 12.

And the Deaths:

Here is most of the information about the 108 134 additional deaths that have been reported since last Thursday’s newsletter, vs. 134 the week before.  The information about today’s reported 34 deaths has not yet been released. I’ll include it in next week’s newsletter.

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.

Thursday, February 24

Oregon’s 6,520th COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 6 and died Jan. 8 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,521st COVID-19-related death is a 92-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Jan. 20 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.

Oregon’s 6,522nd COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 6 and died Jan. 16 at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,523rd COVID-19-related death is a 55-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 30, 2021, and died Jan. 16 at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,524th COVID-19-related death is a 77-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 22, 2021, and died Jan. 16 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 6,525th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 7 and died Jan. 14 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 6,526th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 26, 2021, and died Jan. 7 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 6,527th COVID-19-related death is a 96-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 2 and died Jan. 7 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,528th COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Dec. 31, 2021, and died Jan. 7 at Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,529th COVID-19-related death is a 90-year-old woman from Multnomah County who became symptomatic on Jan. 3 and died Jan. 16 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,530th COVID-19-related death is a 67-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 16 and died Jan. 19 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,531st COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 17 and died Jan. 21 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,532nd COVID-19-related death is an 85-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 17 and died Jan. 22 his residence.

Oregon’s 6,533rd COVID-19-related death is a 38-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Jan. 13 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,534th COVID-19-related death is a 57-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Dec. 24, 2021, and died Jan. 14 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,535th COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 2 and died Jan. 20 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,536th COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 17 and died Jan. 21 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,537th COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Jan. 22 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,538th COVID-19-related death is a 55-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 12 and died Jan. 23 at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,539th COVID-19-related death is a 77-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 3 and died Jan. 19 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,540th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive Sept. 14, 2021, and died Jan. 13 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,541st COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old man from Coos County who tested positive Jan. 15 and died Jan. 15 at Bay Area Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,542nd COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 11 and died Jan. 16 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,543rd COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old man from Lake County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Jan. 20 at Portland VA Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,544th COVID-19-related death is an 85-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 13 and died Jan. 23 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,545th COVID-19-related death is a 53-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 12 and died Feb. 15 at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,546th COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 5, 2021, and died Dec. 21, 2021, at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,547th COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 17 and died Feb. 9 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,548th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Polk County who tested positive Jan. 27 and died Feb. 9 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,549th COVID-19-related death is a 38-year-old woman from Klamath County who tested positive Feb. 9 and died Feb. 14 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,550th COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Nov. 30, 2021, and died Jan. 20 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,551st COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 2 and died Jan. 19 at Providence Milwaukie Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,552nd COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old man from Morrow County who tested positive Jan. 3 and died Jan. 14 at Good Shepherd Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,553rd COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Sept. 20, 2021, and died Jan. 19 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,554th COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive Jan. 16 and died Jan. 17 at Bay Area Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,555th COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old man from Multnomah County who first became symptomatic on Jan. 1 and died Jan. 15 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,556th COVID-19-related death is a 95-year-old woman from Morrow County who tested positive Jan. 3 and died Jan. 13 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital Heppner.

Oregon’s 6,557th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 13 and died Jan. 21 at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,558th COVID-19-related death is a 77-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 11 and died Jan. 17 at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,559th COVID-19-related death is a 90-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 12 and died Jan. 17 at Portland VA Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,560th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 7 and died Jan. 13 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,561st COVID-19-related death is a 56-year-old woman from Union County who tested positive Sept. 29, 2021, and died Jan. 8 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,562nd COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old woman from Deschutes County who tested positive Jan. 5 and died Jan. 9 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,563rd COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old woman from Crook County who tested positive Jan. 28 and died Feb. 21 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,564th COVID-19-related death is a 53-year-old woman from Crook County who tested positive Jan. 22 and died Feb. 11 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,565th COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old woman from Crook County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Feb. 16 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,566th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old woman from Polk County who tested positive Feb. 20 and died Feb. 22 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,567th COVID-19-related death is a 77-year-old man from Polk County who tested positive Feb. 11 and died Feb. 22 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,568th COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 7 and died Jan. 18 at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,569th COVID-19-related death is an 85-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 12, 2021, and died Jan. 18 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,570th COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 4 and died Feb. 23 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,571st COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old man from Lincoln County who tested positive Feb. 12 and died Feb. 21.

Oregon’s 6,572nd COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old woman from Jefferson County who tested positive Feb. 14 and died Feb. 22 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,573rd COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 7 and died Feb. 22 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.

Oregon’s 6,574th COVID-19-related death is a 48-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 4 and died Feb. 20 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.

Oregon’s 6,575th COVID-19-related death is a 43-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 31 and died Feb. 18 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.

Oregon’s 6,576th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Feb. 16 and died Feb. 22 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,577th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive Dec. 8, 2021, and died Jan. 21 at Mercy Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,578th COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Feb. 5 and died Feb. 17 at Salem Hospital.

Friday, February 25

Oregon’s 6,579th COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old man from Crook County who tested positive Feb. 7 and died Feb. 21 at St. Charles Bend. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 6,580th COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old woman from Crook County who tested positive Jan. 25 and died Feb. 15 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,581st COVID-19-related death is an 85-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Feb. 9 and died Feb. 13 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,582nd COVID-19-related death is a 61-year-old woman from Klamath County who tested positive Feb. 21 and died Feb. 23 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Saturday, February 26 to Monday, February 28

Oregon’s 6,583rd COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 6 and died Jan. 15 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,584th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old man from Polk County who tested positive Jan. 13 and died Jan. 20 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,585th COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 12 and died Jan. 20 at Legacy Mt. Hood Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,586th COVID-19-related death is a 96-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Dec. 27, 2021 and died Jan. 23 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,587th COVID-19-related death is a 93-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 5 and died Jan. 21 at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,588th COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive Jan. 9 and died Jan. 11 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,589th COVID-19-related death is a 95-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 22 and died Jan. 26 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,590th COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old man from Lincoln County who tested positive Jan. 12 and died Jan. 14 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,591st COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 14 and died Jan. 20 at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,592nd COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Dec.13, 2021 and died Jan. 31 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,593rd COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Nov. 30, 2021 and died Jan. 10 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,594th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old man from Morrow County who tested positive Dec. 14, 2021 and died Jan. 7 at Good Shepherd Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,595th COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old man from Klamath County who tested positive Jan. 1 and died Jan. 16 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,596th COVID-19-related death is a 73-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 1 and died Jan. 7 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,597th COVID-19-related death is a 36-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 13 and died Jan. 11 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,598th COVID-19-related death is a 96-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Oct. 8, 2021 and died Jan. 11 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,599th COVID-19-related death is a 73-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 9 and died Jan. 11 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 6,600th COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 30, 2021 and died Jan. 11 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,601st COVID-19-related death is a 58-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Jan. 16 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 6,602nd COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 22 and died Feb. 24 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,603rd COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old man from Sherman County who tested positive Feb. 15 and died Jan. 21 at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,604th COVID-19-related death is a 57-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 2 and died Feb. 24 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,605th COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 1 and died Feb. 18 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,606th COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 30 and died Feb. 22 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,607th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 16 and died Feb. 24 at McKenzie Willamette Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,608th COVID-19-related death is a 64-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 14 and died Feb. 24 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.

Oregon’s 6,609th COVID-19-related death is a 60-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 5 and died Feb. 24 at McKenzie Willamette Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,610th COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 31 and died Feb. 25 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.

Oregon’s 6,611th COVID-19-related death is a 59-year-old man from Klamath County who died Jan. 23 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 6,612th COVID-19-related death is a 67-year-old man from Klamath County who tested positive Jan. 26 and died Feb. 24 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,613th COVID-19-related death is a 32-year-old woman from Klamath County who tested positive Feb. 1 and died Feb. 22 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,614th COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old man from Jefferson County who tested positive Feb. 6 and died Feb. 24 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,615th COVID-19-related death is a 77-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 27 and died Feb. 5 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,616th COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 31 and died Feb. 24 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,617th COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 24 and died Jan. 29 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,618th COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 28 and died Feb. 9 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,619th COVID-19-related death is a 95-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 22 and died Feb. 8 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,620th COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 25 and died Feb. 9 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,621st COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 17 and died Feb. 5 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,622nd COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive Feb. 11 and died Feb. 24 at Mercy Medical Center.

Tuesday, March 1

Oregon’s 6,623rd COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old man from Lincoln County who tested positive Jan. 2 and died Jan. 12 at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,624th COVID-19-related death is a 102-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive Feb. 17 and died Feb. 25 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,625th COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old man from Jefferson County who tested positive Feb. 21 and died Feb. 25 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,626th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old woman from Harney County who died Feb. 21 at Harney District Hospital. 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 6,627th COVID-19-related death is an 85-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive Feb. 25 and died Feb. 25 at Mercy Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,628th COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive Feb. 19 and died Feb. 26 at Mercy Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,629th COVID-19-related death is an 89-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive Feb. 14 and died Feb. 27 at Bay Area Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,630th COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 14 and died Feb. 25 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,631st COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old man from Polk County who tested positive Jan. 26 and died Feb. 26 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,632nd COVID-19-related death is a 21-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Feb. 22 and died Feb. 25 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 6,633rd COVID-19-related death is a 92-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Feb. 22 and died Feb. 23 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 6,634th COVID-19-related death is a 37-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Feb. 19 and died Feb. 19 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 6,635th COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 14 and died Feb. 25 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 6,636th COVID-19-related death is a 38-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 27 and died Feb. 27 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,637th COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 22 and died Feb. 25 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,638th COVID-19-related death is a 73-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 22 and died Feb. 27 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,639th COVID-19-related death is a 61-year-old man from Linn County who tested positive Feb. 8 and died Feb. 27.

Oregon’s 6,640th COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 14 and died Feb. 25 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.

Oregon’s 6,641st COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Feb. 24 and died Feb. 27 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,642nd COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Feb. 13 and died Feb. 26 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,643rd COVID-19-related death is a 61-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Feb. 12 and died Feb. 25 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,644th COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Feb. 22 and died Feb. 26 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,645th COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Feb. 1 and died Feb. 11 at her residence. \

Oregon’s 6,646th COVID-19-related death is a 91-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 24 and died Feb. 8 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,647th COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Feb. 7 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,648th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Nov. 26, 2021 and died Jan. 31 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Wednesday, March 2

Oregon’s 6,649th COVID-19-related death is a 67-year-old man from Lincoln County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Feb. 28.

Oregon’s 6,650th COVID-19-related death is a 58-year-old man from Columbia County who tested positive Jan. 6 and died Feb. 28 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,651st COVID-19-related death is a 66-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Feb. 21 and died Feb. 27 at Legacy Mt. Hood Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,652nd COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old man from Benton County who tested positive Feb. 21 and died Feb. 28 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.

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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 lislative 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

• 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