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News Release
Oregon reports 202 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths - 03/06/21

PORTLAND, Ore. — There are three new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,296, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today.

Oregon Health Authority reported 202 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 157,079.

Vaccinations in Oregon

Today, OHA reported that 33,847 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 18,943 doses were administered on March 5 and 14,904 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry on March 5.

Cumulative daily totals can take several days to finalize because providers have 72 hours to report doses administered and technical challenges have caused many providers to lag in their reporting. OHA has been providing technical support to vaccination sites to improve the timeliness of their data entry into the state’s ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS).

Oregon has now administered a cumulative total of 1,115,802 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. To date, 1,362,535 doses of vaccine have been delivered to sites across Oregon.

These data are preliminary and subject to change. OHA's dashboards provide regularly updated vaccination data, and Oregon’s dashboard has been updated today.

COVID-19 hospitalizations

The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 113, which is eight fewer than yesterday. There are 29 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is one fewer than yesterday.

The total number of patients in hospital beds may fluctuate between report times. The numbers do not reflect admissions per day, nor the length of hospital stay. Staffing limitations are not captured in this data and may further limit bed capacity.

More information about hospital capacity can be found here.

Cases and deaths

The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Baker (3), Benton (5), Clackamas (5), Coos (15), Curry (2), Deschutes (11), Douglas (18), Harney (1), Hood River (1), Jackson (27), Jefferson (1), Josephine (11), Klamath (7), Lane (16), Lincoln (2), Malheur (5), Marion (26), Multnomah (11), Polk (4), Tillamook (4), Umatilla (4), Wasco (1), Washington (18) and Yamhill (4).

Oregon’s 2,294th COVID-19 death is a 58-year-old woman in Benton County who tested positive on Dec. 14 and died on Feb. 7 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,295th COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old woman in Clackamas County who died on Jan. 31 at her residence. The death certificate listed COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,296th COVID-19 death is an 82-year-old man in Curry County who tested positive on February 23 and died on February 26 at Curry General Hospital. He had underlying conditions.

County

Total Cases1

Total deaths2

Baker

676

9

Benton

2,366

18

Clackamas

13,456

191

Clatsop

779

6

Columbia

1,277

21

Coos

1,591

21

Crook

781

18

Curry

438

7

Deschutes

6,027

65

Douglas

2,592

55

Gilliam

54

1

Grant

230

1

Harney

278

6

Hood River

1,071

29

Jackson

8,569

118

Jefferson

1,976

30

Josephine

2,400

56

Klamath

2,816

55

Lake

383

6

Lane

10,373

131

Lincoln

1,139

20

Linn

3,613

57

Malheur

3,363

58

Marion

18,625

287

Morrow

1,050

14

Multnomah

32,006

550

Polk

3,088

45

Sherman

53

0

Tillamook

430

2

Umatilla

7,709

82

Union

1,305

19

Wallowa

144

5

Wasco

1,222

26

Washington

21,377

217

Wheeler

22

1

Yamhill

3,800

69

Statewide

157,079

2,296

1This includes cases confirmed by diagnostic testing and presumptive cases. Presumptive cases are those without a positive diagnostic test who present COVID-19-like symptoms and had close contact with a confirmed case. County of residence for cases may change as new information becomes available. If changes occur, we will update our counts accordingly.

2For additional details on individuals who have died from COVID-19 in Oregon, please refer to our press releases.

Electronic Laboratory Reporting Received March 5, 2021

County

Negative ELRs

Positive ELRs

Total ELRs

Percent Positivity

Baker

22

1

23

4.3%

Benton

292

5

297

1.7%

Clackamas

558

46

604

7.6%

Clatsop

62

3

65

4.6%

Columbia

60

1

61

1.6%

Coos

185

29

214

13.6%

Crook

17

0

17

0.0%

Curry

38

6

44

13.6%

Deschutes

362

18

380

4.7%

Douglas

199

26

225

11.6%

Grant

7

0

7

0.0%

Harney

6

0

6

0.0%

Hood River

34

3

37

8.1%

Jackson

505

47

552

8.5%

Jefferson

33

1

34

2.9%

Josephine

241

18

259

6.9%

Klamath

41

3

44

6.8%

Lake

22

3

25

12.0%

Lane

1,634

11

1,645

0.7%

Lincoln

53

2

55

3.6%

Linn

182

3

185

1.6%

Malheur

67

9

76

11.8%

Marion

605

24

629

3.8%

Morrow

22

0

22

0.0%

Multnomah

1,552

62

1,614

3.8%

Polk

95

7

102

6.9%

Sherman

2

0

2

0.0%

Tillamook

27

5

32

15.6%

Umatilla

133

4

137

2.9%

Union

47

8

55

14.5%

Wallowa

9

0

9

0.0%

Wasco

22

0

22

0.0%

Washington

840

71

911

7.8%

Wheeler

2

0

2

0.0%

Yamhill

164

10

174

5.7%

Statewide

8,140

426

8,566

5.0%

 

Cumulative Electronic Laboratory Reporting

County

Negative ELRs

Positive ELRs

Total ELRs

Percent Positivity

Baker

8,824

1,627

10,451

15.6%

Benton

110,793

3,799

114,592

3.3%

Clackamas

361,141

20,535

381,676

5.4%

Clatsop

29,164

1,388

30,552

4.5%

Columbia

34,028

1,735

35,763

4.9%

Coos

35,857

1,850

37,707

4.9%

Crook

13,909

1,081

14,990

7.2%

Curry

8,549

375

8,924

4.2%

Deschutes

152,592

8,120

160,712

5.1%

Douglas

61,347

2,913

64,260

4.5%

Gilliam

1,010

42

1,052

4.0%

Grant

4,245

201

4,446

4.5%

Harney

3,590

333

3,923

8.5%

Hood River

27,021

1,492

28,513

5.2%

Jackson

173,450

12,607

186,057

6.8%

Jefferson

16,571

1,763

18,334

9.6%

Josephine

51,798

2,729

54,527

5.0%

Klamath

38,949

3,140

42,089

7.5%

Lake

4,178

390

4,568

8.5%

Lane

375,074

12,250

387,324

3.2%

Lincoln

36,678

2,387

39,065

6.1%

Linn

112,829

7,024

119,853

5.9%

Malheur

21,696

4,943

26,639

18.6%

Marion

284,821

28,040

312,861

9.0%

Morrow

6,187

1,271

7,458

17.0%

Multnomah

847,310

47,965

895,275

5.4%

Polk

57,984

4,095

62,079

6.6%

Sherman

1,222

61

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