March 28, 2022 4:30 p.m.

The Oregon Health Authority’s most recent update on COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases, released on Thursday, reported 2,532 cases of COVID-19 during the week of March 6th to 12th.

OHA said of those cases, 2,370, or 63.7 percent were unvaccinated people and 945, or 37.3 percent were vaccine breakthrough cases. Among the breakthrough cases, 468, or 49.5 percent were fully vaccinated and boosted.

The median age of the breakthrough cases during that period was 51. Seven breakthrough cases involved residents of care facilities, senior living communities or other congregate care settings. There were 43 cases in people ages 12 to 17.

OHA said to date, there have been 195,600 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases in Oregon. Of those cases, 45,386, or 23.2 percent were fully vaccinated. The median age of all cases is 41.

The report shows that the rate of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people last week was approximately 3.5 times the rate as in vaccinated people and 4.5 times higher than in people who are fully vaccinated and boosted.

OHA said to date, 2.5 percent of all breakthrough cases have been hospitalized and 0.6 percent have died. The median age of vaccinated people who died is 80.

The breakthrough report is linked: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/covid19/Documents/DataReports/Breakthrough-Report-03-17-2022.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery