December 17, 2021 3:15 a.m.

OHA’s most recent update on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, released on Thursday, found that 69.8 percent of the 4,983 reported COVID-19 cases between December 5th and December 11th, occurred in people who were unvaccinated. There were 1,507 breakthrough cases, accounting for 30.2 percent of all cases. The average age of breakthrough cases during the period was 44. 19 breakthrough cases involved residents of care facilities, senior living communities, or other congregate care settings. There were 53 cases in people ages 12 to 17.

To date, there have been 49,250 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases in Oregon. The average age of all cases is 47. Breakthrough cases have been reported in all 36 counties.

OHA said the 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 4 times higher than in vaccinated people.

To date, 4.4 percent of all vaccine breakthrough cases have been hospitalized, and 1.3 percent have died. The average age of vaccinated people who died was 81.

The full COVID-19 breakthrough report is linked: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/covid19/Documents/DataReports/Breakthrough-Report-12-16-2021.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery