After the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave more than 28 million children ages 5 to 11 approval to receive the COVID-19 vaccine shot, the Biden administration announced Wednesday that an estimated 900,000 children ages 5 to 11 are estimated to have received their first Covid-19 shot within the first weeks of eligibility.
Also, the Biden administrations recent vaccine mandate requiring businesses with more than 100 employees, including first responders and workers at health care facilities as well as federal contractors, be vaccinated by January 4th, 2022, has been blocked by the Department of Justice after four lawsuits were filed by groups of 26 states.
Meanwhile, Oregon has recorded 3.4 times more Breakthrough Cases than Delta Variant cases in the past 4 months with now 39,686 Breakthrough Cases, and 10,897 Delta Variant cases recorded by the Oregon Health Authority in the past 16 weeks. In the past week Oregon added 2,147 Breakthrough Cases while recording only 842 new Delta Variant cases by comparison.
Vaccination rates across the state continue to lag with an increase of just .4% in the past week. In the past week the state sat at 77.5% vaccinated, and to date, now sits at 77.9%. Oregon Health Authority and the Center for Disease Control assured individuals that the fully vaccinated are well protected from COVID, including the delta variant, which increased by 842 in the past week, to now 10,897 individuals.
Oregon Health Authority data show breakthrough case records began being kept some sixteen weeks ago. In that same sixteen week period, approximately 167,983 Oregonians tested positive for COVID-19. However, in that same fifteen week period, there have been 39,686 vaccine breakthrough cases identified in Oregon alone, adding 2,147 breakthrough cases in the past week, and continues to total 24% off all new cases in the state.
As of Friday, November 12th, the state of Oregon had tested 7,798,718 individuals, an increase of 130,551 individuals and now over 3,509,278 more people than the states 4,289,440 population. 7,282,180 have tested negative for the novel COVID-19 virus 516,538 have tested positive, and there are 378,174 total cases in the state.
Individuals hospitalized rose by 454 hospitalizations statewide in the past week, and now stands at 20,203 in the entire state since the pandemic began. In the past week 281 deaths were recorded statewide, and Oregonians who have unfortunately succumbed to COVID-19 has now reached 4,750 individuals throughout the entire state since the pandemic began.
Curry County’s latest numbers as reported Friday, November 12th, by the Oregon Health Authority, now reports testing 24,571 individuals with 22,661 negative tests, 1,910 total positive COVID-19 tests, and the latest data from the Oregon Health Authority has recorded 1,860 total cases and 32 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services reported adding 19 new cases in the past week now reaching 3,769 total confirmed cases reported by Public Health, with 30 active cases, 3 current hospitalizations and 40 deaths.
Coos County to the north, reported testing 89,821 individuals last week with 83,813 negative results, adding 93 new cases in the past week with now 5,3874 total positive cases and 103 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Josephine County has seen significant increases in recent weeks and has reported testing 148,234 individuals with 134,794 negative results, 13,440 total positive test results with 9,848 total cases of COVID-19 and now 214 deaths.
Jackson County, which includes the Medford area, with a total population of 221,290, reports testing 404,563 individuals, 183,273 more people than the counties total population, with 369,471 negative test results, 35,092 positive results, and 24,103 total cases of COVID-19 with now 339 deaths as of Friday, November 12th.
