Indoor mask use requirements in all indoor spaces statewide began Friday, August 13th, after Governor Brown ordered a new required health and safety measure for personnel in health care settings. requiring proof of vaccination or face weekly COVID-19 testing for personnel in health care settings just last week. “There are two keys to saving lives” Governor Brown stated, a vaccination requirement for state employees and statewide indoor mask requirements.”
Vaccination rates for the state slowed even further in the past week as the state sat at 69.4% vaccinated last week, and to date, now sits at 70.2% an increase of .8% in the past week. Oregon Health Authority, said Friday, July 17th, that the fully vaccinated are well protected from COVID, including the delta variant. The Oregon Health Authority has reported a total of 600 new Delta variant cases.
As of Friday, August, 14th, the state of Oregon had tested 5,925,632 individuals, an increase of 137,808 individuals and now over 1,636,192 more people than the states 4,289,440 population. 5,585,979 have tested negative for the novel COVID-19 virus and 339,653 have tested positive. Oregon has recorded 11,564 new cases in the past week, and 238,463 total cases. Individuals hospitalized rose to 488 hospitalizations statewide in the past week, and now stands at 13,079. In the past week 46 deaths were recorded statewide, and Oregonians who have unfortunately succumbed to COVID-19 has now reached 2,935 in the entire state since the pandemic began.
Curry County’s latest numbers as reported Friday, August 6th, by the Oregon Health Authority, now reports testing 15,764 individuals with 14,736 negative tests, 1,028 total positive COVID-19 tests and the latest data from the Oregon Health Authority and has recorded 1,104 total cases and 13 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services reported adding 222 new cases in the past week now reaching 2,060 total confirmed cases reported by Public Health, with 219 active cases, 23 current hospitalizations and 10 deaths.
Coos County to the north, reported testing 60,623 individuals last week with 57,497 negative results, adding 213 new cases in the past week with now 3,126 total positive cases and 41 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Josephine County has seen significant increases in recent weeks has reported testing 105,039 individuals with 98,613 negative results, 6,426 total positive test results adding 689 new cases in the past week with now 5,195 total cases of COVID-19 and now 82 deaths.
Jackson County, which includes the Medford area, with a total population of 221,290, reports testing 294,400 individuals, 73,110 more people than the counties total population, with 272,203 negative test results, 22,197 positive results, and 14,503 total cases of COVID-19 with now 167 deaths as of Friday, August 13th.
