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Oregon coronavirus report for Wednesday, Feb. 9: Steep decline in weekly cases, hospitalizations way up

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Test Positive hotline now taking school-related calls

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Testing positive for COVID-19, or even being exposed to it, can be scary. This is especially true for school-aged children and their parents or caregivers. Oregon Health Authority’s toll-free Test Positive hotline is now fielding calls about COVID-19 cases and exposures in schools. Trained public health professionals staffing the toll-free hotline (866-917-8881) are available to help.

  • Hotline staff can answer general questions about isolation and quarantine for students and their families. They cannot provide dates for when a quarantining or isolating student will be able to return to school. Parents and caregivers should contact the school for that information.
  • Hotline staff can also provide general health information about COVID-19.
  • OHA has Spanish-speaking staff available who can help. For languages other than English and Spanish, interpreters are available.
  • Hotline hours: Mon. – Fri., 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Read about our Test Positive webpage and hotline for more information on what to do if you test positive for, or if you’re exposed to, COVID-19.

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COVID-19 weekly cases sharply drop, hospitalizations sharply rise

OHA’s COVID-19 Weekly Report released today, showed a continued steep decline in weekly cases, but sharply higher hospitalizations.

OHA reported 28,378 new cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, Jan. 31 through Sunday, Feb. 6 – a 35% decline from last week.

There were 964 new COVID-19-related hospitalizations, a 30% increase over the previous week. COVID-19-related deaths declined slightly from 147 to 144.

Reported COVID-19 test results dropped by 22%. Test positivity declined slightly from 22.6% to 18.2%. There were 194,270 tests administered.

Note: The  COVID-19 Weekly Outbreak Report has not yet been published. A link to this report will be included in the updated daily media release tomorrow.

Oregon reports 3,309 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 57 new deaths.

Arrows indicate cases have increased and hospitalizations have decreased. Click on image to open Tableau.

We want to keep you informed about COVID-19 in Oregon. Data are provisional and change frequently.

  • Samples for 882,824 tests have been reported positive.
  • Samples for 9,219,380 tests have been reported negative

COVID-19 hospitalizations

The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 1,042, which is 13 fewer than yesterday. There are 168 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is 22 fewer than yesterday.

There are 57 available adult ICU beds out of 633 total (9% availability) and 233 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,286 (5% availability).

The total number of patients in hospital beds may fluctuate between report times. The numbers do not reflect admissions per day, nor the length of hospital stay. Staffing limitations are not captured in this data and may further limit bed capacity.

Note: Please do not visit an emergency department for COVID-19 testing, unless you require emergency care for your symptoms.

Emergency departments in Oregon are under significant strain. You can find a test here. If you have a medical condition that doesn’t require emergency care, contact your provider. An urgent care center may also help you get the care you need and will save emergency departments from added strain.

More information about hospital capacity can be found here.

Vaccinations in Oregon

Today, OHA reported that 8,172 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry Feb. 8. Of that total, 713 were initial doses, 845 were second doses and 2,415 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 4,053 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry Feb. 8.

The seven-day running average is now 7,243 doses per day.

Oregon has now administered 4,088,064 doses of Pfizer Comirnaty, 220,011 doses of Pfizer pediatric, 2,682,318 doses of Moderna and 266,503 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.

As of today, 3,138,688 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 2,840,765 people have completed a COVID-19 vaccine series.

These data are preliminary and subject to change.

Updated vaccination data are provided on Oregon’s COVID-19 data dashboards and have been updated today.

Cases and deaths

There are 57 new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 6,322, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported at 12:01 a.m. today.

OHA reported 3,309 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 668,783.

The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Baker (19), Benton (96), Clackamas (216), Clatsop (23), Columbia (41), Coos (75), Crook (31), Curry (43), Deschutes (180), Douglas (80), Grant (8), Harney (4), Hood River (20), Jackson (219), Jefferson (68), Josephine (98), Klamath (86), Lake (6), Lane (383), Lincoln (54), Linn (170), Malheur (27), Marion (316), Morrow (3), Multnomah (397), Polk (91), Sherman (4), Tillamook (16), Umatilla (46), Union (15), Wallowa (5), Wasco (21), Washington (372), Wheeler (19), Yamhill (57)

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations

To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit our web page (English or Spanish), which has a breakdown of distribution and other information.

For all the latest data on COVID-19 in Oregon, visit OHA’s data dashboards.