March 10, 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.

Nothing much has changed since last week on the COVID front.  The precipitous declines in cases and hospitalizations have continued, as you’ll see reflected throughout tonight’s newsletter.  We remain on track for the long-awaited lifting of the COVID restrictions here in Oregon (along with our West Coast neighbors to the north and south) on Saturday, March 12. 

I’m actually writing this newsletter from a place that has been just ahead of us in terms of being hit by Omicron, recovering from Omicron, and experiencing a lifting of its COVID restrictions: Washington, D.C.  I’m here for a meeting tomorrow of a task force I’m on, one on Immigration and the States, convened by the National Conference of State Legislatures. 

Masking requirements remain in place at airports, on flights, and on public transportation, so I did spend nearly the whole day with an N95 on my face but was met at the hotel by desk clerks and other staff without masks.  I have to confess that it felt odd and still does.  We’ll see what tomorrow feels like.  And when I get back to Portland Saturday night, we’ll all be in this new chapter together.

Needless to say, COVID will still be with us to some extent, and so will the need to mask to some extent.  Masks will still be required in medical settings, as they will be on public transportation. Many of our friends and neighbors will likely have to remain masked because of medical conditions that they have. I hope we can all continue to support their ability to feel safe, however we can.

As you’ll see further down in the newsletter, OHSU is shifting from providing a COVID report and forecast each week to doing it every other week.  I too will likely be moving away from these regular COVID updates that have become a feature of my life for the last two years. I’ll continue to track and provide COVID info in my regular legislative newsletters, but it’s looking as if it’s time at last to move that into the background. 

Let’s just hope that this hiatus can last for a while!

Until next week’s legislative newsletter, please stay healthy and safe, and let me know if you have any questions about information in tonight’s newsletter, the recently-concluded legislative session, or preparations for the next one.

OREGON CORONAVIRUS AND CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE UPDATE

• New COVID Cases: OHA reports 433 new COVID cases today, vs. 696 last Thursday. That’s an average of 426 per day for the last week (vs. 667 per day the previous week). The cumulative number of cases in Oregon since the beginning of the pandemic is 698,982.
• 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 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 624 positive test results today (vs. 837 last Thursday). That’s an average of 526 per day for the 7 days since the last newsletter (vs. 877 per day the previous week). The cumulative total of positive test results since the beginning of the pandemic is now 921,786.
• Total Tests: OHA reported an additional 20,119 tests today (vs. 18,288 last Thursday). That’s an average of 14,843 per day for the last week (vs. 16,931 for the previous week). Our cumulative total of reported tests is 10,614,137.
• Positivity Rate: The test positivity ratio for Oregon today was 3.1% (vs. last week’s 4.6%). That’s an average of 3.7% per day for the last week (vs. 5.2% last week).
• Hospitalization Information:
  • Patients Currently with Confirmed COVID-19: 271 (133 fewer than last newsletter)
  • ICU Patients Confirmed w COVID-19: 45 (24 fewer than last newsletter.)
  • Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Currently on Ventilators: 19 (19 fewer than last newsletter)
  • Available Ventilators: 869 (same as last newsletter).
• Hospital Capacity:
  • Available Adult ICU Beds: 94 (14% availability) (5 more than last newsletter).
  • Other Available Adult Beds: 323 (7% availability) (11 more than last newsletter).
  • Available Pediatric ICU Beds: 11 (26% availability) (1 more than last Thursday).
• Here’s a link to more OHA data on hospital capacity.
• Deaths: I’m sorry to report 54 additional COVID deaths today (vs. 59 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 24 per day for the week since the last newsletter (vs. 19 the previous week). The total number of COVID deaths in Oregon is 6,854.
• Vaccinations:
  • Today, OHA reported that 3,529 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry March 9. Of that total, 335 were initial doses, 406 were second doses and 961 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 1,702 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry March 9.
  • The seven-day running average is now 2,957 doses per day.
  • Total doses administered: 7,411,816
    • 4,163,977 Pfizer/Comimaty vaccines
    • 239,033 Pfizer Pediatric vaccines
    • 2,724,965 Moderna vaccines
    • 269,260 Johnson & Johnson vaccines
  • Total Oregonians vaccinated so far: 3,165,270 (up by 4,301 from last week)
    • 2,872,769 now fully vaccinated with two doses (up by 5,453 from the previous week)
  • So far, 77.1% of all Oregonians have received at least one dose
    • 81.5% of those 5 and older
    • 85.5 of those 12 and older
    • 86.9% of those 18 and older
    • 95% of those 65 and older
  • 69.9% of all Oregonians are now fully vaccinated
    • 72.8% of those 5 and older
    • 76.7% of those 12 and older
    • 78% of those 18 and older
    • 90.1% of those 65 and older
  • 51.7% of all Oregonians have received a booster shot
    • 53.7% of those 12 and older
    • 55.3% of those 18 and older
    • 74.9% 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 county is considered at Low, Medium, or High risk of COVID infection right now, here's the search page.
• A CDC analysis of COVID rates in schools shows that school districts that required masks this fall saw significantly fewer COVID cases than those where masks were optional.
• And here's a link to the study results themselves.
• Meanwhile, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has just published a critique of the Florida Surgeon-General’s recent recommendation that children not be vaccinated against COVID. They argue that he is putting politics above the health and safety of children.
• Here’s the latest Checkup with Dr. Wen, in which she goes over her decision of whether or not to have her 4-year-old go mask-free in his pre-school.
• A physician asks  why some people exposed to COVID never get it.
• People with long, debilitating COVID are having a hard time accessing disability benefits.
• Here’s more critique of the Biden administration’s “Test to Treat” recommendations, where individuals who test positive can immediately receive antivirals at the pharmacy.  Many pharmacies will not qualify.
• A new study suggests that long COVID may be linked to small-fiber neuropathy.
• Have you received your four free COVID tests from USPS yet? You can now order a second set, as I have.
• A six-month survey of U.S. data shows that the mRNA COVID vaccines have been very safe.
• And here's another showing the same result. 
• The CDC has recently updated its recommendation for the length of time between does, but they haven’t really publicized it. They should.
• Unfortunately, the House has dropped its big COVID-response allocation from the recent spending plan. It will hopefully find another vehicle soon.  Here's reporting.
• Yes, there’s a new variant called "Deltacron," with some genetic material from both the Delta and the Omicron variants. But at this point it doesn’t appear to be something to worry about.

Masks will still be required in health care settings

Once mask requirements are lifted for most indoor settings you'll still need to mask in health care settings to keep everyone safe.

• Hospitals
• Doctor offices
• Dentist offices
• Urgent care
• Dialysis centers

A list of health care settings where masks will still be required is located here.

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 Saturday, March 5.

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

The statewide infection rate has gone from to 131 per 100K in the last report to 96.2 per 100K in this one; the test positivity rate has also gone down, from 6.4% last week to 4.4% this week. The numbers at the beginning of February were 423.3 per 100K and 13.7% positivity.

Every county has seen its numbers go down over the last week. A few are still at Moderate level, but most are now at Low.  All but two counties (Sherman and Wallowa) now have positivity rate below 10%, and most are below 5%.

OHA Weekly Report: Another Big Drop in New Oregon Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths

The COVID-19 Weekly Data Report, released on Wednesday, showed declines in weekly cases, COVID-19-related hospitalizations and deaths.

• OHA reported 3,865 new cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, Feb. 28 through Sunday, March 6 – a 28% decline from the previous week’s 5,337, and a 94% drop from the peak case level Oregon experienced the week of Jan. 17 through Jan 23.
• There were 285 new COVID-related hospitalizations, a 35% decrease over the previous week and the lowest so far this year.
• There were 122 COVID-19-related deaths, down from 137 the previous week.
• Reported COVID-19 test results dropped 13%. There were 115,142 tests administered.
• Test positivity dropped to 4.4%, the lowest since mid-July.

Today’s COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak report shows 197 total active outbreaks in care facilities, senior living communities and congregate living settings, down from 268 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.  Overall, the growth here is abating as well.

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

03/09   2,142 (pandemic total)      +20

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 Down, And Severe Cases Continue to Be Among the UNvaccinated

Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) most recent update on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, released today, reported 4,104 cases of COVID-19 during the week of Feb. 27 to March 5. 

Of those cases, 2,436, or 59.4%, were unvaccinated people and 1,667, or 40.6%, were vaccine breakthrough cases. Among the breakthrough cases, 776, or 46.6%, were fully vaccinated and boosted. 

Twenty-four breakthrough cases involved residents of care facilities, senior living communities or other congregate care settings (up slightly from last week’s 22).

To date, there have been 194,613 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases in Oregon, out of a total of 698,982. Of those cases, 44,883, or 23.1%, were fully vaccinated and boosted at the time of infection.

The report shows that the rate of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people is approximately 2.8 times (up from two times) the rate as in vaccinated people, and four times (up from three times) higher 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 2.5% 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 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 shows that the steep declines are continuing. We hit the Governor’s goal of 400 COVID hospitalizations (bringing us back to pre-Omicron) the day after the last newsletter (!), and it has continued to drop precipitously since then. So far, Oregonians overall have continued to wear masks (at much higher levels than most of the nation), but that should start to change this weekend, as the masking requirements are officially lifted.  Dr. Graven does warn us that we might see a subsequent uptick in cases (as has been seen in the U.K. and the Netherlands after they lifted their requirements) or a slowing down of the decline, but it should not result in an increase in hospitalizations.  Or at least that’s what it looks like on March 10, 2022!

Tonight will be the last of the weekly OHSU reports; they are shifting to once every two weeks from now on.  Here's reporting on that from OHSU News.

Here are key observations in this week’s report:

• As of March 10, 270 patients were in Oregon hospitals, 134 fewer than the week before.
• Activities such as going to bars and restaurants indoors or attending large events indoors have returned to pre-omicron levels. 
• Hospitalization and case counts have returned to pre-omicron levels for the state as a whole.
• However, they remain higher for hospitals in southern and central Oregon.
• Masking in Oregon has remained steady at 74% in the last week, well above the U.S. average of 45%.  
• The BA2 omicron variant is beginning to grow in the U.S. Oregon data is showing similar signs of BA2 growth.
• Two countries (the United Kingdom and the Netherlands) that abruptly removed all COVID restrictions saw cases rise. 
• As of March 8, 9% of occupied ICU beds had COVID patients in them statewide, down from 12% the week before.
• Seven children were in Oregon hospitals, similar to the pre-omicron level.
• Deaths per day appear to have peaked at 15 in late January.
• The decline in hospitalizations continues, most likely reflecting the much lower level of infection in new admissions.
• Oregon may see some increase (or a slower decrease) in cases after the mask mandate is lifted March 12. Infections are unlikely to lead to a significant rise in hospitalizations, though incidental cases (finding COVID in people who were admitted for another reason) may increase.
• New vaccination rates continue to decline.

And the Deaths:

Here is most of the information about the 168 additional deaths that have been reported since last Thursday’s newsletter, vs. 108 the week before.  The information about today’s reported 54 deaths has not yet been released. I’ll include it in next week’s newsletter. Again, most of these are likely from earlier months. (A number of this week’s reported deaths actually occurred in January.)

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, March 3

Oregon’s 6,653rd COVID-19-related death is an 85-year-old man from Multnomah County who became symptomatic on Jan. 1 after contact with a confirmed case and died Jan. 19 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,654th COVID-19-related death is a 63-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 8 and died Jan. 15 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,655th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Nov. 29, 2021, and died Jan. 21 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,656th COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old man from Polk County who tested positive Dec. 23, 2021, and died Jan. 11 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,657th COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old man from Crook County who tested positive Jan. 4 and died Jan. 21 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,658th COVID-19-related death is a 43-year-old man from Linn County who tested positive Nov. 2, 2021, and died Jan. 14 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,659th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Linn County who tested positive Jan. 26 and died Jan. 30 at Samaritan Albany Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,660th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 7 and died Jan. 21 at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,661st COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Douglas County who tested positive Dec. 29, 2021, and died Jan. 30 at his residence. conditions.

Oregon’s 6,662nd COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Nov. 3, 2021, and died Jan. 2 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,663rd COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Oct. 21, 2021, and died Jan. 27 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,664th COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 15 and died Jan. 28 at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,665th COVID-19-related death is a 45-year-old man from Clatsop County who tested positive Jan. 3 and died Jan. 20 at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,666th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Oct. 15, 2021, and died Oct. 30, 2021, at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,667th COVID-19-related death is an 85-year-old man from Morrow County who tested positive Jan. 31 and died Feb. 9 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,668th COVID-19-related death is a 34-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Aug. 19, 2021, and died Aug. 28, 2021, at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,669th COVID-19-related death is a 92-year-old man from Polk County who tested positive Feb. 3 and died Feb. 10 at Willamette Valley Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,670th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old man from Polk County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Feb. 10 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,671st COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 7 and died Feb. 10 at Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,672nd COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 18 and died Feb. 10 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,673rd COVID-19-related death is an 89-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 10 and died Feb. 16 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.

Oregon’s 6,674th COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive Feb. 1 and died Feb. 8 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,675th COVID-19-related death is an 89-year-old woman from Crook County who tested positive Feb. 19 and died March 2 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,676th COVID-19-related death is a 96-year-old man from Washington County who died Feb. 22 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,677th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old woman from Washington County who died Feb. 10 at her residence..

Oregon’s 6,678th COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 27 and died Feb. 16 at Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,679th COVID-19-related death is a man from Union County who tested positive Jan. 21 and died March 2 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,680th COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old man from Multnomah County who died Jan. 26 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,681st COVID-19-related death is a 92-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 8 and died Jan. 20 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,682nd COVID-19-related death is a 62-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 5 and died Jan. 15 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,683rd COVID-19-related death is an 89-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 22 and died Feb. 28 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,684th COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 13 and died Feb. 28 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,685th COVID-19-related death is a 55-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 4 and died Feb. 27 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,686th COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 20 and died March 1 at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center.

Friday, March 4

Oregon’s 6,687th COVID-19-related death is a 100-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 24 and died Feb. 2 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,688th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Feb. 2 at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,689th COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old man from Jefferson County who tested positive Dec. 6, 2021, and died Feb. 2 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,690th COVID-19-related death is a 62-year-old woman from Klamath County who died Feb. 1 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,691st COVID-19-related death is a 51-year-old man from Linn County who tested positive Jan. 26 and died Feb. 1 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,692nd COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 11 and died Feb. 1 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,693rd COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 17 and died Feb. 1 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,694th COVID-19-related death is a 59-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 26 and died Feb. 1 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,695th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Jan. 7 and died Feb. 1 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,696th COVID-19-related death is a 92-year-old woman from Yamhill County who tested positive Feb. 13 and died March 3 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,697th COVID-19-related death is a 73-year-old woman from Yamhill County who tested positive Feb. 10 and died Feb. 28 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,698th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive Feb. 9 and died Feb. 24 at Willamette Valley Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6699th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive Dec. 23, 2021, and died Feb. 19 at Providence Newberg Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,700th COVID-19-related death is a 91-year-old man from Wasco County who tested positive Feb. 23 and died March 3 at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,701st COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old man from Wasco County who tested positive Feb. 9 and died March 2 at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,702nd COVID-19-related death is a 73-year-old man from Klamath County who died Jan. 29 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,703rd COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old woman from Jefferson County who tested positive Feb. 16 and died Feb. 24 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,704th COVID-19-related death is a 67-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 19 and died Feb. 22 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,705th COVID-19-related death is a 97-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Feb. 4 and died Feb. 16 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,706th COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Feb. 1 and died Feb. 18 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,707th COVID-19-related death is a 30-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Dec. 19, 2021, and died Feb. 25 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,708th COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old woman from Douglas County who died Jan. 17 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,709th COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive Feb. 28 and died March 2 at Mercy Medical Center.

Saturday, March 5 to Monday, March 7

Oregon’s 4,600th and 6,666th COVID-19-related deaths, reported on Nov. 8, 2021, and March 3 respectively, were identified to be the same person. Because of this update, OHA is renumbering their reports to start with 6,709 today.

Oregon’s 6,709th COVID-19-related death is a 41-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 21 and died Feb. 16 at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,710th COVID-19-related death is a 59-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 1 and died Jan. 22 at Providence St. Vincent Park Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,711th COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old man from Linn County who tested positive Jan. 6 and died Jan. 22 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,712th COVID-19-related death is a 63-year-old man from Deschutes County who tested positive Jan. 2 and died Jan. 22 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,713th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old man from Klamath County who tested positive Jan. 14 and died Jan. 23 at Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,714th COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 24, 2021, and died Jan. 23 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 6,715th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 18 and died Jan. 23 at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,716th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 18 and died Jan. 23 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,717th COVID-19-related death is a 63-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Dec. 21, 2021, and died Jan. 23 at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,718th COVID-19-related death is a 100-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Nov. 10, 2021, and died Jan. 23 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,719th COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old woman from Lincoln County who tested positive Dec. 20, 2021, and died Jan. 23 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,720th COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old man from Linn County who tested positive Jan. 19 and died Jan. 23 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,721st COVID-19-related death is a 77-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Dec. 10, 2021, and died Dec. 10, 2021, at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,722nd COVID-19-related death is a 39-year-old woman from Klamath County who died Dec. 16, 2021, at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,723rd COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 18 and died Jan. 14 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,724th COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 6 and died Jan. 16 at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,725th COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 23 and died Jan. 25 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,726th COVID-19-related death is a 39-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 24 and died Jan. 25 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,727th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 24 and died Jan. 25 at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,728th COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 2 and died Jan. 26 at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,729th COVID-19-related death is a 59-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Dec. 16, 2021, and died Jan. 26 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,730th COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Jan. 26 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,731st COVID-19-related death is a 56-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 11 and died Jan. 26 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,732nd COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 12 and died Jan. 26 at Providence Milwaukie Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,733rd COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Jan. 26 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,734th COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 14 and died Jan. 26 at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,735th COVID-19-related death is a 91-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Dec. 20, 2021, and died Jan. 26 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,736th COVID-19-related death is a 64-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive April 6, 2021, and died Jan. 26 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,737th COVID-19-related death is a 67-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 11 and died March 3 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.

Oregon’s 6,738th COVID-19-related death is an 89-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Feb. 19 and died March 2 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,739th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 30 and died Jan. 31; location of death is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 6,740th COVID-19-related death is a 91-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Feb. 14 and died Feb. 22 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,741st COVID-19-related death is a 60-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 14 and died Feb. 10 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,742nd COVID-19-related death is a 48-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 4 and died Jan. 9; location of death is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 6,743rd COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Dec. 14, 2020, and died Dec. 19, 2020, at Yuma Regional Medical Center, in Yuma, Ariz.

Tuesday, March 8

Oregon’s 6,744th COVID-19-related death is a 61-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 18 and died Jan. 17 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,745th COVID-19-related death is a 63-year-old woman from Deschutes County who tested positive Dec. 29, 2020, and died Jan. 17 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,746th COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 17 and died Feb. 8 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,747th COVID-19-related death is an 86-year-old woman from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Jan. 21 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,748th COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 6 and died Jan. 21 at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,749th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old woman from Deschutes County who tested positive Jan. 14 and died Jan. 21 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,750th COVID-19-related death is a 66-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 14 and died Jan. 21 at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,751st COVID-19-related death is a 71-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 11 and died Jan. 26 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,752nd COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old woman from Coos County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Jan. 22 at Bay Area Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,753rd COVID-19-related death is a 92-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Jan. 22 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,754th COVID-19-related death is an 84-year-old man from Wasco County who tested positive Jan. 15 and died Jan. 22 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,755th COVID-19-related death is an 82-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Nov. 28, 2021, and died Jan. 22 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,756th COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 11 and died Jan. 22 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,757th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 26 and died March 5 at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,758th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old woman from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 20 and died March 5 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.

Oregon’s 6,759th COVID-19-related death is an 87-year-old man from Lane County who tested positive Feb. 8 and died March 4 at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,760th COVID-19-related death is a 66-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Feb. 16 and died March 6 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,761st COVID-19-related death is a 52-year-old man from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 21 and died March 3 at Providence Medford Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,762nd COVID-19-related death is a 71-year-old man from Crook County who tested positive Feb. 7 and died March 3 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,763rd COVID-19-related death is a 55-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Feb. 21 and died March 4 at OHSU Hillsboro Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,764th COVID-19-related death is a 59-year-old man from Umatilla County who tested positive Feb. 8 and died Feb. 28 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Wash.

Oregon’s 6,765th COVID-19-related death is a 62-year-old woman from Umatilla County who tested positive Feb. 4 and died March 4 at Good Shepherd Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,766th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 26 and died March 6 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,767th COVID-19-related death is a 78-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 21 and died March 1 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,768th COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 19 and died March 4 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,769th COVID-19-related death is a 55-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 7 and died March 4 at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,770th COVID-19-related death is a 60-year-old man from Marion County who tested positive Feb. 3 and died March 1 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,771st COVID-19-related death is a 44-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 31 and died March 4 at Salem Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,772nd COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old man from Lincoln County who tested positive Feb. 17 and died March 5 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.

Wednesday, March 9

Note from OHA: Oregon’s 4,088th COVID-19-related death, reported on Oct. 12, 2021, was identified to be an out of state resident. As a result, the COVID-19-related deaths are renumbered, starting from 6,772.

Oregon’s 6,772nd COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old woman from Yamhill County who tested positive Jan. 31 and died Feb. 28 at Willamette Valley Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,773rd COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old man from Yamhill County who tested positive Jan. 25 and died Feb. 19 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,774thth COVID-19-related death is a 69-year-old woman from Yamhill County who tested positive Jan. 23 and died Feb. 21 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,775th COVID-19-related death is a 68-year-old woman from Yamhill County who tested positive Dec. 30, 2021, and died Feb. 17 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,776th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 29 and died March 3 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,777th COVID-19-related death is a 45-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Feb. 28 and died March 6 at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,778th COVID-19-related death is a 93-year-old woman from Jackson County who tested positive Jan. 15 and died Feb. 22 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,779th COVID-19-related death is a 46-year-old woman from Douglas County who tested positive March 6 and died March 7 at Mercy Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,780th COVID-19-related death is an 80-year-old woman from Columbia County who tested positive Feb. 28 and died March 7 at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.

Oregon’s 6,781st COVID-19-related death is a 94-year-old woman from Tillamook County who tested positive Jan. 16 and died Jan. 16 at Adventist Health Tillamook.

Oregon’s 6,782nd COVID-19-related death is a 51-year-old woman from Deschutes County who tested positive Dec. 28, 2021, and died Jan. 19 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,783rd COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 3 and died Jan. 12 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,784th COVID-19-related death is a 72-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 4 and died Jan. 17 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,785th COVID-19-related death is a 60-year-old woman from Lincoln County who tested positive Jan. 17 and died Jan. 17 at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,786th COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 17 and died Jan. 19 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,787th COVID-19-related death is a 74-year-old woman from Deschutes County who tested positive Jan. 10 and died Jan. 19 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,788th COVID-19-related death is a 70-year-old woman from Linn County who tested positive Jan. 15 and died Jan. 19 at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital.

Oregon’s 6,789th COVID-19-related death is an 85-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive Jan. 19 and died Jan. 20 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,790th COVID-19-related death is an 81-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 27 and died Feb. 3 at his residence.

Oregon’s 6,791st COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old woman from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 3 and died Feb. 3 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,792nd COVID-19-related death is an 83-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 26 and died Feb. 3 at Adventist Health Portland.

Oregon’s 6,793rd COVID-19-related death is a 99-year-old woman from Benton County who tested positive Jan. 21 and died Feb. 3 at her residence.

Oregon’s 6,794th COVID-19-related death is a 58-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 20 and died Feb. 3 at Kaiser Westside Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,795th COVID-19-related death is a 65-year-old woman from Umatilla County who tested positive Feb. 3 and died Feb. 3 at Good Shepherd Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,796th COVID-19-related death is a 76-year-old woman from Deschutes County who tested positive Jan. 23 and died Feb. 6 at St. Charles Bend.

Oregon’s 6,797th COVID-19-related death is a 38-year-old woman from Multnomah County who tested positive Jan. 21 and died Feb. 6 at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,798th COVID-19-related death is a 79-year-old man from Clackamas County who tested positive Jan. 31 and died Feb. 6 at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,799th COVID-19-related death is an 88-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 16 and died Feb. 6 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Oregon’s 6,800th COVID-19-related death is a 95-year-old man from Washington County who tested positive Jan. 31 and died Feb. 6 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital.

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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