As concern for the new ‘Delta’ variant rises in some areas, Los Angeles County in southern California leads the way after re-instating indoor mask mandates regardless of the individuals vaccination status.
The CDC recommends schools maintain at least 3 feet of physical distance between students within classrooms, combined with indoor mask wearing by people who are not fully vaccinated, to reduce transmission risk as the new school year gets ready to begin,
The Delta variant, identified as a ‘Variant of Concern’ by the CDC, has been identified in the United States, and in Oregon as well. This new variant is reportedly more easily transmittable and to date, the Oregon Health Authority has reported a total of 43 cases in the state with the first two cases discovered April 11th, 2021 and the northwest counties of the state leading the way with cases according to the Oregon Health Authority.
Vaccination rates for the state slowed even further in the past week as the state sat at 66.8% vaccinated last week, and to date, now sits at 67.8% an increase of 1% in the past week. Oregon Health Authority, said Friday that the fully vaccinated are well protected from COVID, including the delta variant.
As of Friday, July, 9th, the state of Oregon has tested 5,551,429 individuals, an increase of 59,422 individuals in the past week and now 6,472 more than the week prior. Over 1,261,989 more people than the states 4,289,440 population have now been tested and of that, 5,244,377 have tested negative for the novel COVID-19 virus and 307,052 have tested positive. Since the pandemic began, Oregon has recorded 843 fewer cases than last week with just 1,769 new cases in the past week, and 211,998 total cases. Individuals hospitalized continues to stay steady with just 135 hospitalizations statewide in the past week, and now stands at 11,973. In the past week 27 deaths were recorded statewide, and Oregonians who have unfortunately succumbed to COVID-19 has now reached 2,817 in the entire state since the pandemic began.
Curry County’s latest numbers as reported Friday July 16th, by the Oregon Health Authority, now reports testing 13,907 individuals with 13,215 negative tests, 692 total positive COVID-19 tests and after adding 6 new cases in the last week according to the latest data from the Oregon Health Authority has recorded 752 total cases and 12 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services reported testing 15,703 individuals, with 14,181 negative results, after adding 7 new cases in the past week now reaching 1,522 total confirmed cases reported by Public Health, with 17 active cases, 1 current hospitalizations and 8 deaths.
Coos County to the north, reported testing 56,252 individuals last week with 53,549 negative results, adding 25 new cases in the past week with now 2,703 total positive cases and 39 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Josephine County has seen significant increases in recent weeks has reported testing 95,659 individuals with 90,981 negative results, 4,678 total positive test results adding 104 new cases in the past week with now 3,814 total cases of COVID-19 and now 74 deaths.
Humboldt County, to the south of Del Norte County, which includes the Eureka area, reports 86 new cases in the past week with 4,730 total cases after testing 99,934 individuals, 4,525 recoveries, 218 hospitalizations, and now 53 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Jackson County, which includes the Medford area, with a total population of 221,290, reports testing 268,712 individuals, 47,422 more people than the counties total population, with 250,621 negative test results, 18,091 positive results, and 11,905 total cases of COVID-19 with now 149 deaths as of Friday, July 16th.
