On May 11th, Governor Brown announced that counties that vaccinate at least 65% of their adult residents with at least one dose and submit documentation on how they will close equity gaps in their vaccination efforts are eligible to move to the Lower Risk level despite ‘Risk Level’ metrics results.
Three weeks later, on June 4th, Governor Brown reiterated her earlier mandate that “When Oregon reaches 70% first dose vaccination rate for adults, most county and individual health and safety restrictions will lift.”
As of June 3rd, Oregon had achieved a 66.2% vaccination rate for individuals 18 and older, with 127,308 more people needing to receive a first dose to reach 70%.
“COVID-19 remains a serious threat to unvaccinated individuals and communities with low vaccination rates. The science is clear,” she continued, “vaccines are very effective in keeping people safe from COVID-19, and they are the key to returning to normal life and lifting health and safety restrictions statewide.”
As of Friday, June 4th, the state of Oregon has tested 5,184,834 individuals, 895,394 more people than the states 4,289,440 population. Of that 4,890,969 have tested negative for the novel COVID-19 virus and 293,865 have tested positive. Since the pandemic began, Oregon has recorded 2,043 new cases in the past week, and 202,675 total cases in the past year. Individuals hospitalized continues to slow with 24 fewer hospitalizations than the week prior, just 149 hospitalizations statewide in the past week, and now stands at 11,251. 21 deaths, again, almost 50% less than the previous week, were recorded in the past week statewide, and Oregonians who have unfortunately succumbed to COVID-19 has now reached 2,686 in the entire state since the pandemic began.
Curry County’s latest numbers as reported Friday May 28th, by the Oregon Health Authority, now reports testing 12,611 individuals with 12,037 negative tests, 574 total positive COVID-19 tests and after adding 13 new cases in the last week has recorded 677 total cases and 10 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services reported testing 15,210 individuals, with 13,771 negative results, after adding 8 new cases in the past week now reaching 1,439 total confirmed cases reported by Public Health, with 8 active cases, 3 current hospitalizations and 7 deaths.
Coos County to the north, reported testing 52,731 individuals last week with 50,119 negative results, adding 6 new cases in the past week with now 2,612 total positive cases and 37 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Josephine County has seen significant increases in recent weeks has reported testing 85,3553 individuals with 81,263 negative results, 4,092 total positive test results adding 31 new cases in the past week with now 3,495 total cases of COVID-19 and now 72 deaths.
Humboldt County, to the south of Del Norte County, which includes the Eureka area, reports 4,355 total cases after testing 93,733 individuals, 4,205 recoveries, 191 hospitalizations, and 45 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Jackson County, which includes the Medford area, with a total population of 221,290, reports testing 249,633 individuals, 28,343 more people than the counties total population, with 232,545 negative test results, 17,088 positive results, and 11,314 total cases of COVID-19 with now 145 deaths as of Friday, June 4th.
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