Oregon Governor Kate Brown reassessed all counties ‘Risk Level’ earlier in the week using a new set of metrics and “as of this week, Oregon is adding a statewide hospitalization metric for moving to Extreme Risk.” Governor Brown said.
The Governor has now determined that as vaccine distribution increases, case counts and percent positivity will not be adequate indicators on their own for measuring the threat COVID-19 poses to public health. Now, the new statewide metric added for determining ‘Extreme Risk’ level is COVID-19 hospitalizations, as they are a key indicator of severe illness in Oregon communities.
As of Friday, April 9th, even after having 4.3% of COVID test results positive for the week of March 28th, to April 4th, Curry County was reduced from ‘Extreme Risk’ to ‘High Risk’ according to the new matrix. Currently there are no counties in the ‘Extreme Risk’ level, 14 counties are in the ‘High Risk’ level, 6 counties are in the ‘Moderate Risk’ level and 16 counties are considered ‘Lower Risk’.
Oregon COVID-19 infection rates now average at just 475 new cases per day, with 3,325 new COVID-19 cases across the state in the past week. Continuing to hold one of the lowest infection rates in the nation, Oregon now has a total of 169,338 cases. Hospitalizations continued to stay low, raising the statewide total to 9,423 since the beginning of the pandemic. 55 individuals succumbed to COVID-19 in the past week, making the total deaths for the entire state of Oregon, 2,440 since the pandemic began.
Curry County’s latest numbers as reported Friday April 9th, by the Oregon Health Authority, now reports testing 10,853 individuals with 10,361 negative tests, 492 total positive COVID-19 tests and after adding 21 new cases in the last week and has recorded 574 total cases and now 9 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services reported testing 14,151 with 12,906 negative results, 39 active cases and 1,245 total confirmed cases reported by Public Health, with 3 current hospitalizations and now 5 deaths.
Coos County to the north, reported testing 44,214 individuals last week with 41,863 negative results, 2,351 total positive cases and 30 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Josephine County has seen significant increases in recent weeks has reported testing 64,140 individuals with 60,826 negative results, 3,314 total positive test results and 2,934 total cases of COVID-19 and now 62 deaths.
Humboldt County which includes the Eureka area, to the south of Del Norte County reports 3,518 total cases after testing 82,899 individuals with 79,381 negative results, 51 active cases, 3,431 recoveries, 137 hospitalizations, and 36 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Jackson County with a total population of 221,290, which includes the Medford area, reports testing 210,321 individuals with 196,044 negative test results, 14,277 positive results, and 9,570 total cases of COVID-19 with now 126 deaths as of Friday, April 9th.
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