March 3, 2022 4:00 p.m.  

The Oregon Health Authority’s most recent update on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, released on Thursday, reported 5,589 cases of COVID-19 during the week of February 20th through February 26th.

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

OHA said the median age of the breakthrough cases during that period was 54. 22 breakthrough cases involved residents of care facilities, senior living communities or other congregate care settings. There were 110 cases in people ages 12 to 17.

To date, there have been 192,934 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases in Oregon. Of those cases, 44,109, or 22.9 percent were fully vaccinated. The median age of all cases is 41.

OHA said the report showed that the rate of COVID-19 in unvaccinated peopled is twice the rate as in vaccinated people, and 3 times higher than in people who are fully vaccinated and boosted.

To date, 2.4 percent of vaccine breakthrough cases have been hospitalized and 0.5 percent have died. The median age of vaccinated people who died is 80.