In a press conference earlier in week, Governor Kate Brown spoke of the state’s plan for delivering booster shots. “The good news is that, while we still have a long way to go, it appears things are slowly getting better,” said Governor Brown. “And every day there is renewed hope as we see more people getting vaccinated, progress on vaccines for our 5-11 year olds, and now, the beginning of boosters for some of our most vulnerable.
Vaccination rates for the state remained slow again in the past week as the state sat at 74.7% vaccinated, and to date, now sits at 75.2%, an increase of just .5% in the past week. Oregon Health Authority and the Center for Disease Control assured individuals that the fully vaccinated are well protected from COVID, including the delta variant.
According to the latest data from the Oregon Health Authority, breakthrough case records began being kept ten weeks ago. In that ten week period, 111,368 Oregonians tested positive for COVID-19, however, in that same ten week period, there have been 25,347 vaccine breakthrough cases identified in Oregon, continuing to total 20% off all cases.
Vaccine breakthrough cases are defined as instances in which an individual received a positive COVID-19 test result at least 14 days following the completion of any COVID-19 vaccine series.
As of Friday, October 1st, the state of Oregon had tested 6,986,008 individuals, an increase of 153,788 individuals and now over 2,696,568 more people than the states 4,289,440 population. 6,529,369 have tested negative for the novel COVID-19 virus 456,639 have tested positive, and there are 331,709 total cases in the state.
Individuals hospitalized rose by 475 hospitalizations statewide in the past week, and now stands at 17,904 in entire state since the pandemic began. In the past week 133 deaths were recorded statewide, and Oregonians who have unfortunately succumbed to COVID-19 has now reached 3,815 individuals throughout the entire state since the pandemic began.
Curry County’s latest numbers as reported Friday, October 1st, by the Oregon Health Authority, now reports testing 21,630 individuals with 19,986 negative tests, 1,734 total positive COVID-19 tests, and the latest data from the Oregon Health Authority and has recorded 1,726 total cases and 18 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services reported adding 178 new cases in the past week now reaching 3,591 total confirmed cases reported by Public Health, after testing 18,977 individuals with 15,386 negative results, with 52 active cases, 6 current hospitalizations and 38 deaths.
Coos County to the north, reported testing 76,559 individuals last week with 71,420 negative results, adding 213 new cases in the past week with now 4,575 total positive cases and 76 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Josephine County has seen significant increases in recent weeks and has reported testing 134,251 individuals with 121,863 negative results, 12,388 total positive test results with now 8,952 total cases of COVID-19 and now 182 deaths.
Jackson County, which includes the Medford area, with a total population of 221,290, reports testing 363,367 individuals, 142,077 more people than the counties total population, with 331,640 negative test results, 31,997 positive results, and 21,818 total cases of COVID-19 with now 281 deaths as of Friday, October 1st.
