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News Release
Oregon reports 339 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths - 03/20/21

March 20, 2021

Oregon reports 339 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths

PORTLAND, Ore. — There are five new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,362, Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today.

OHA reported 339 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 161,320.

Vaccinations in Oregon

Today, 35,608 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 22,630 vaccine doses were administered on March 19, and 12,978 were administered on previous days but entered into the vaccine registry on March 19.

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 1,487,154 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. All vaccinations occurred at Oregon hospitals, long-term care facilities, emergency medical service (EMS) agencies, urgent care facilities and Local Public Health Authorities (LPHAs). 

To date, 1,858,385 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 106, which is nine fewer than yesterday. There are 26 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is four 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 (1), Benton (15), Clackamas (39), Clatsop (5), Columbia (1), Coos (16), Crook (2), Curry (6), Deschutes (4), Douglas (11), Hood River (1), Jackson (31), Jefferson (1), Josephine (25), Klamath (3), Lane (18), Lincoln (3), Linn (16), Malheur (3), Marion (32), Multnomah (51), Polk (1), Tillamook (3), Umatilla (7), Union (3), Wasco (1), Washington (38), Yamhill (2).

Oregon’s 2,358th COVID-19 death is a 78-year-old woman in Lane County who tested positive Feb. 19 and died March 3 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,359th COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old man in Coos County who tested positive March 17 and died March 18 at Bay Area Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

Oregon’s 2,360th COVID-19 death is a 94-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive Feb. 4 and died Feb. 11 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,361st COVID-19 death is a 70-year-old man in Yamhill County who tested positive Feb. 4 and died March 11 at his residence. He had underlying conditions.

Oregon’s 2,362nd COVID-19 death is a 77-year-old woman in Columbia County who tested positive Feb. 25 and died March 8 at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.

County

Total Cases1

Total deaths2

Baker

698

12

Benton

2,491

18

Clackamas

13,867

196

Clatsop

807

7

Columbia

1,302

24

Coos

1,790

24

Crook

796

18

Curry

514

8

Deschutes

6,163

70

Douglas

2,773

58

Gilliam

54

1

Grant

259

1

Harney

283

6

Hood River

1,075

29

Jackson

8,944

120

Jefferson

2,001

31

Josephine

2,636

59

Klamath

2,907

56

Lake

393

6

Lane

10,556

139

Lincoln

1,178

20

Linn

3,722

59

Malheur

3,384

58

Marion

19,037

295

Morrow

1,055

14

Multnomah

32,643

557

Polk

3,152

48

Sherman

53

0

Tillamook

465

2

Umatilla

7,816

82

Union

1,346

20

Wallowa

145

5

Wasco

1,236

27

Washington

21,884

221

Wheeler

25

1

Yamhill

3,870

70

Statewide

161,320

2,362

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 19, 2021

County

Negative ELRs

Positive ELRs

Total ELRs

Percent Positivity

Baker

76

0

76

0.0%

Benton

669

18

687

2.6%

Clackamas

1,491

82

1,573

5.2%

Clatsop

108

9

117

7.7%

Columbia

93

3

96

3.1%

Coos

250

22

272

8.1%

Crook

43

5

48

10.4%

Curry

140

13

153

8.5%

Deschutes

644

8

652

1.2%

Douglas

344

8

352

2.3%

Gilliam

5

0

5

0.0%

Grant

6

0

6

0.0%

Harney

7

0

7

0.0%

Hood River

120

1

121

0.8%

Jackson

863

42

905

4.6%

Jefferson

39

1

40

2.5%

Josephine

297

37

334

11.1%

Klamath

105

4

109

3.7%

Lake

28

1

29

3.4%

Lane

2,255

25

2,280

1.1%

Lincoln

138

1

139

0.7%

Linn

518

19

537

3.5%

Malheur

71

1

72

1.4%

Marion

1,203

37

1,240

3.0%

Morrow

29

0

29

0.0%

Multnomah

3,386

81

3,467

2.3%

Polk

236

5

241

2.1%

Tillamook

38

0

38

0.0%

Umatilla

190

14

204

6.9%

Union

91

3

94

3.2%

Wallowa

10

1

11

9.1%

Wasco

64

1

65

1.5%

Washington

2,186

78

2,264

3.4%

Wheeler

17

0

17

0.0%

Yamhill

451

7

458

1.5%

Statewide

16,211

527

16,738

3.1%

 

Cumulative Electronic Laboratory Reporting

County

Negative ELRs

Positive ELRs

Total ELRs

Percent Positivity

Baker

9,600

1,644

11,244

14.6%

Benton

117,402

3,911

121,313

3.2%

Clackamas

379,870

21,356

401,226

5.3%

Clatsop

30,106

1,437

31,543

4.6%

Columbia

35,664

1,776

37,440

4.7%

Coos

38,368

2,138

40,506

5.3%

Crook

14,397

1,105

15,502

7.1%

Curry

9,297

437

9,734

4.5%

Deschutes

159,554

8,251

167,805

4.9%

Douglas

65,697

3,092

68,789

4.5%

Gilliam

1,079

42

1,121

3.7%

Grant

4,563

236

4,799

4.9%

Harney

3,695

335

4,030

8.3%

Hood River

28,059

1,509

29,568

5.1%

Jackson

183,201

13,264

196,465

6.8%

Jefferson

17,193

1,781

18,974

9.4%

Josephine

56,115

2,996

59,111

5.1%

Klamath

40,548

3,251

43,799

7.4%

Lake

4,523

394

4,917

8.0%

Lane

401,019

12,449

413,468

3.0%

Lincoln

37,609

2,417

40,026

6.0%

Linn

117,301

7,159

124,460

5.8%

Malheur

22,714

4,956

27,670

17.9%

Marion

298,797

28,593

327,390

8.7%

Morrow

6,468

1,274

7,742

16.5%

Multnomah

890,855

49,046

939,901

5.2%

Polk

60,484

4,150

64,634

6.4%

Sherman

1,248

62

1,310

4.7%

Tillamook

12,475

450

12,925

3.5%

Umatilla

58,000

8,690

66,690

13.0%

Union

16,543

1,684

18,227

9.2%

Wallowa

2,701

142

2,843

5.0%

Wasco

30,528

1,532

32,060

4.8%

Washington

548,084

36,039

584,123

6.2%

Wheeler

607

24

631

3.8%

Yamhill

117,340

6,209

123,549

5.0%

Statewide

3,821,704

233,831

4,055,535

5.8%

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations

To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit our webpage, which has a breakdown of distribution and other useful information.

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