Douglas County COVID-19 Update - November 8, 2021 (Photo) -11/08/21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2021
DOUGLAS COUNTY COVID-19 UPDATE #651
(Douglas County, Ore.) A QUICK LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, AS OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Today’s Total Number of New Local COVID-19 Cases* | Total Number of Residents Currently Hospitalized | Total Number of Hospitalized Patients that are NOT Fully Vaccinated** |
17 | 27 | 22 of the 27 |
*Our COVID quick look includes the total number of new cases in Douglas County, which combines people with positive test results and presumptives. **We follow the CDC definition for fully vaccinated, which states that a fully vaccinated person is someone who has received both doses of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine, or one dose of a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine and at least 14 days have passed since the individual’s final dose.
| COVID-19 UPDATE FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2021 |
As of 12:00 pm today, Monday, November 8, 2021, there are SEVENTEEN (17) people with new positive test results to report bringing the total number of cases of people with positive test results and presumptives in Douglas County to 12,692. Currently, there are TWENTY-SEVEN (27) Douglas County COVID-19 patients that are being hospitalized, fifteen locally and twelve out-of-the-area. We continue to work with Mercy to provide information on our COVID patients being hospitalized locally, currently there are 2 COVID-19 positive patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 1 in the Progressive Care Unit (PCU). 6% of the total hospitalized patients at Mercy are COVID positive. Of our hospitalized patients today, TWENTY-TWO (22) of the 27 patients are not fully vaccinated.
Douglas County, OR - COVID-19 - Case Update Chart† | |||||
| Date | Thursday, November 4, 2021 | Friday, November 5, 2021 | Saturday, November 6, 2021 | Sunday, November 7, 2021 | Monday, November 8, 2021 |
| Total COVID-19 Cases to Date** | 12,597 | 12,635 | 12,668 | 12,675 | 12,692 |
| People w/ Positive PCR or Antigen Test Results | 12,210 | 12,243 | 12,272 | 12,279 | 12,296 |
| Presumptive | 387 | 392 | 396 | 396 | 396 |
| Total Currently Hospitalized | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 27 |
| Total COVID-19 Related Deaths | 262 | 263 | 263 | 263 | 263 |
†Our COVID case update chart includes the total number of cases reported in Douglas County since the beginning of the pandemic in our county on March 8, 2020. The chart illustrates the combination of residents with positive test results and confirmed presumptives, as well as the breakout of each of those. There will be times when a presumptive will move to a positive test result, and our total case number will not change because the case has already been counted in our over-all total.
| COVID-19 WEEKEND RECAP FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 AND SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2021 |
On Saturday, November 6, 2021, at 12:00 pm we had TWENTY-NINE (29) people with new positive test results, FOUR (4) new presumptives to report bringing our total number of cases of people with positive test results and presumptives in Douglas County to 12,668*. We had TWENTY-FOUR (24) Douglas County COVID-19 patients hospitalized, thirteen locally and eleven out-of-the-area. Due to the decrease in cases, Mercy is able to take a step back from their weekend reporting for COVID-19 patients being hospitalized locally, so we will not be reporting weekend statistics. Of our hospitalized cases on Saturday, November 6, 2021, TWENTY-ONE (21) of the 24 patients were not fully vaccinated.
On Sunday, November 7, 2021, at 12:00 pm we had SEVEN (7) people with new positive test results to report bringing our total number of cases of people with positive test results and presumptives in Douglas County to 12,675*. We had TWENTY-THREE (23) Douglas County COVID-19 patients hospitalized, twelve locally and eleven out-of-the-area. Due to the decrease in cases, Mercy is able to take a step back from their weekend reporting for COVID-19 patients being hospitalized locally, so we will not be reporting weekend statistics. Of our hospitalized cases on Sunday, November 7, 2021, NINETEEN (19) of the 23 patients were not fully vaccinated.
| STATE AND FEDERAL COVID-19 INFORMATION |
The Federal and State Governments, and their agencies are the ones that set policy, issue mandates and provide the guidelines for a state of emergency like the current COVID pandemic. For information log onto U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). If you have questions about the current guidelines, mandates or the recommendations, please contact them directly for more information. OHA posts their daily updates at www.healthoregon.org/coronavirus. Please do not call 911, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office or Douglas County Offices to report issues with the State of Oregon, OHA or the Governor’s mandates.
| ACCESS TO LOCAL COVID-19 RESOURCES |
💻 LOCAL ONLINE ACCESS TO UPDATES: Stay up to date with accurate and local COVID-19 information by visiting the Douglas County Government Website or DCGOV Facebook page or the DPHN Website or DPHN Facebook page.
📝 FREE LOCAL E-NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION: You can also sign up for the free Douglas County e-Newsletter that publishes and sends out the update to our subscription base. Log onto: www.co.douglas.or.us.
📞 DOUGLAS COUNTY COVID-19 HOTLINE (541) 464-6550: Your Douglas County Board of Commissioners and DPHN continue to offer a local resource hotline for Douglas County residents for COVID-19. The hotline provides answers to frequently asked questions, basic COVID information and referrals to local resources and services. Our local hotline number is (541) 464-6550 and is staffed from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, 7 days a week.
🔍 DPHN VACCINE INFORMATION: Want more information on the vaccines? Log onto: http://DougCoVaccine.com.
🔍 DPHN COVID-19 INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS: Check out DPHN’s YouTube Channel for locally produced informational videos about COVID-19, featuring Dr. Bob Dannenhoffer, our Dougals County Public Health Officer.
👩⚕️ AVIVA HEALTH: UPDATED 11-03-21
COVID-19 LEISURE TESTING: ALL testing is by appointment only Aviva Health offers fee-based leisure COVID-19 testing, by appointment only, at its drive-through testing clinic located at 4221 NE Stephens Street, Suite 101A, in Roseburg, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am to 11:30 am and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm to individuals who require a negative test for travel, public events such as college football games, return to work, and other non-medically necessary purposes. Rapid BINAX tests are $60, and PCR tests are $35. COVID-19 Symptomatic Testing: They continue to offer no- and low-cost COVID-19 testing for residents, by appointment only, who are symptomatic by billing their insurance or for uninsured individuals charging on an income-based, sliding-fee scale. Residents may schedule a testing appointment by calling (541) 492-2067.
COVID VACCINE:ALL vaccinations are by appointment only Aviva Health continues to offer free drive-through COVID-19 vaccination services to patients and non-patients, by appointment only. Patients must be Douglas County residents. Residents may schedule a vaccine appointment by calling (541) 492-2067. Vaccinations are also available on a limited basis, by appointment only at Aviva Health’s outlying clinics in North County, Sutherlin, Glide, and Myrtle Creek. People seeking vaccinations at their outlying clinics should call (541) 672-9596, to determine availability.
COVID-19 BOOSTER VACCINES: ALL vaccinations are by appointment only Aviva Health is now offering the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 boosters to certain groups of people, by appointment only, at its vaccination clinic located at 4221 NE Stephens Street, Suite 101A, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am to 11:30 am and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm. Please call (541) 492-2067 to schedule your booster appointment. For more information please visit www.aviva.health/covid-19-resources/.
🏥 LOWER UMPQUA HOSPITAL DISTRICT: Lower Umpqua Hospital District has a COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center for COVID-19 vaccine information in the Reedsport area. Call (541) 271-2175, Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm.
👨⚕️ COW CREEK HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER: UPDATED 11-05-21
VACCINES: Cow Creek Public Health has moved their drive-thru Mobile Vaccine Site from Stephens Street in Roseburg to the south parking lot of Seven Feathers Casino Resort in Canyonville. The drive-thru site is open by appointment only, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm every Monday through Friday. If you received your primary dose vaccination series from CCPH and want to receive a booster dose, CCPH will contact you to explain the criteria and schedule appointments for eligible individuals. If you received your primary dose series from another health agency and want to receive a booster dose, call (541) 529-9471 to schedule an appointment. Individuals will be required to sign a consent form self-attesting to booster eligibility based on CDC guidance. CCPH is temporarily pausing all primary dose vaccinations.
TESTING: REMINDER: Cow Creek Health and Wellness Center is no longer offering free community testing. Testing is available by appointment only for Cow Creek Health and Wellness Center patients, Tribal Members, employees of Cow Creek Government Offices and affiliated businesses at the new Roseburg Clinic at 2589 NW Edenbower Blvd and the South Clinic in Canyonville at 480 Wartahoo Lane.
FREE PEDIATRIC COVID-19 VACCINE CLINIC: Cow Creek Public Health will be hosting a free, drive-thru COVID-19 pediatric vaccine clinic specifically for Douglas County families wishing to get their children vaccinated. Their special pediatric clinic will be held on Friday, November 12 and Saturday, November 13 from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm at 2360 Stephens Street in Roseburg (across the street from the Cow Creek Tribal Government Offices; same location as the previous COVID-19 testing clinics). They are inviting all parents and guardians who want their child(ren) to receive the pediatric Pfizer vaccine (recently approved by the CDC and OHA), to attend with their children. No appointments are necessary. The pediatric vaccine will be offered on a first come, first served basis, as quantities are limited. All members of the community are invited to participate. Parents and guardians who bring their child to receive the vaccine will be required to sign a form of consent. Please note, this is a two-dose series, and Cow Creek Public Health will host a sequential clinic for second doses in a few weeks. For more information log onto: https://www.cowcreek-nsn.gov/free-covid-vaccine-clinic-for-kids-5-11/ or call (541) 529-9471. Residents are encouraged to consult with their health care provider about all vaccines, and families are encouraged to make decisions about vaccinations together.
🏥 ROSEBURG VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: Veterans can set up an appointment COVID-19 vaccine, by calling the Roseburg VAMC at (541) 440-1000.
👵 DOUGLAS COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES can help seniors with questions, locating testing and vaccines at (541) 440-3677.
***Please note for residents under the age of 14, this will require a parent or guardian to accompany them and give written consent for the vaccine. Under Oregon law, minors 15 years of age and older may consent to medical treatment, including vaccinations, when provided by a physician, physician assistant, naturopath, nurse practitioner, dentist or optometrist, or other professionals operating under the license of these providers; however, families are encouraged to make decisions about vaccinations together.
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Contact Tamara Howell, Douglas County Public Information Officer & Emergency Communications & Community Engagement Specialist | Phone: (541) 670-2804 | Cell: (541) 957-4896 | Email: tjhowell@co.douglas.or.us
Contact Vanessa Becker, Public Information Officer, Douglas Public Health Network | Cell: (541) 817-6552 | Email: vanessa@douglaspublichealthnetwork.org
