October 14, 2021 5:50 p.m.
COVID-19 has claimed 24 more lives, raising the state’s death toll to 4,141, as of Thursday.
An update from the Oregon Health Authority reported 1,237 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 347,616.
OHA’s most recent update on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, released Thursday, found that 72.8 percent of the 9,141 reported COVID-19 cases between October 3rd through October 9th, occurred in people who were unvaccinated. There were 2,490 breakthrough cases, accounting for 27.2 percent of all cases.
OHA said the average age of the breakthrough cases was 47. 65 breakthrough cases involved residents of care facilities, senior living communities, or other congregate care settings. There were 122 breakthrough cases in people ages 12 to 17.
To date, there have been 30,687 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases in Oregon. The average age of all cases is 48.
OHA reported that cases of COVID-19 are far more common in unvaccinated people. The report shows that the rate of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people is currently approximately 3.5 times higher than in vaccinated people. To date, 4.4 percent of all vaccine breakthrough cases have been hospitalized and 1 percent have died. The average age of vaccinated people who died was 81.
OHA said the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 575, which is 20 fewer than on Wednesday. There are 146 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is 1 more than on Wednesday.
The new cases include:
*136 in Deschutes County
*132 in Multnomah County
*98 in Marion County
*93 in Lane County
*88 in Washington County
*87 in Clackamas County
*75 in Umatilla County
*56 in Jackson County
*48 in Klamath County
*39 in Douglas County
*37 each in Crook and Polk counties
*33 in Malheur County
*29 in Yamhill County
*27 in Coos County
*26 in Benton County
*25 in Wasco County
*22 in Linn County
*21 in Jefferson County
*16 in Josephine County
*13 in Harney County
*11 each in Baker, Lincoln and Union counties
*10 in Grant and Hood River counties
*8 in Columbia County
*7 each in Clatsop and Wallowa counties
*6 each in Lake and Tillamook counties
*5 in Wheeler County
*4 in Morrow County
*3 in Curry County
OHA reported that 12,696 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry on Wednesday. To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, go to: https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/