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22 Jan

OHA Chief Financial Officer Dave Baden during today's press conference: "Building on yesterday’s total of 221,721 first doses admin., we expect to add another 30,000-40,000 first doses administered by the end of this week, before we begin vaccinating educators on January 25th."

"On Jan. 25, we will have vaccinated 67% of the Phase 1A workforce and long-term care residents. As we begin vaccinating educators, anyone we missed in Phase 1A will remain eligible for a vaccine."

"Over the next two weeks, we’ll specifically reserve approximately 40,000 first doses for Phase 1A workers and long-term care residents. Going into early February, we’ll have vaccinated approximately 72% of people in Phase 1A."

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22 Jan

OHA Public Health Director Rachael Banks during today’s press conference: "I want to give you an overview of the pandemic in Oregon and an update on the progress of our vaccination efforts."

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"As @OregonGovBrown said, we just don’t have enough vaccines to immunize everyone. As long as supplies are scarce, we’ll face really tough calls on who to immunize next. There are good reasons to prioritize educators & good reasons to prioritize seniors." sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/DHSForms/Serve…

"The plan is to vaccinate most educators before we start vaccinating seniors on February 8. If we want to give schools a shot at re-opening this school year with a vaccinated staff, this is the time to do it."

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22 Jan

Our #COVID19 Weekly Report, released today, showed a slight decline in daily cases and a sharp decline in positive tests: ow.ly/dFLd50D82c9

We reported 7,860 new daily cases during the week of Jan. 11 to Jan. 17, a 4% decrease from the previous week. (1/5)

There were 332 people hospitalized for COVID-19, down from the previous week's 357.

COVID-19 related deaths surged to 195, the highest weekly toll recorded in Oregon to date, following a previous pandemic high from the prior week. (2/5)

People age 20-49 have accounted for 54% of cases, while people 70+ have accounted for 77% of deaths associated with COVID-19.

The proportion of cases classified as “sporadic” has risen from about 1/3 of cases in July through Sept. to >1/2 of cases in recent weeks. (3/5)

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8 Jan

OHA Director Pat Allen speaking during today's press conference: "I want to give you an update on the actions we announced earlier this week to speed vaccination in Oregon and share what our latest forecast tells us about the severity of the #COVID19 pandemic in state."

"As of January 6th, Oregon has received a cumulative total of 128,700 doses of Pfizer vaccine and 121,400 doses of Moderna vaccine for a total of 250,100 doses."

"As of yesterday, Oregon has vaccinated a total of 73,286 health care workers, first responders, and others – as well as staff and residents at skilled nursing facilities and memory care centers, where our most vulnerable seniors live."

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8 Jan

Our COVID-19 Weekly Report, released yesterday, shows increases in weekly cases and hospitalizations related to COVID-19: ow.ly/XnaL50CTFFQ

We reported 7,913 new daily cases during the week of Monday, Dec. 28 through Sunday, Jan. 3, a 17% increase from the prev. wk. (1/4)

There were 358 people hospitalized for COVID-19, a 6% increase from the prev. wk. There were 73 reported COVID-19 reported deaths, down from 86 last wk.

People age 20 to 49 have accounted for 54% of the cases, while people 70 and older have accounted for 77% of the deaths. (2/4)

During the week of Dec. 27 to Jan. 2, the # of COVID-19 tests administered to Oregonians was 123,821. The % of positive tests increased to 7.5%. (3/4)

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5 Jan

OHA Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dana Hargunani speaking at today's media briefing: "As a pediatrician, I know vaccines are a vital tool to help stop the spread of disease. The COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective."

"At the same time, these safe and effective vaccines have posed new
challenges to our robust system of vaccination distribution in Oregon.
Distributing and administering large numbers of COVID-19 vaccines are
different than flu vaccines."

"We’re rolling out a new vaccine in a pandemic: Scheduling, physical distancing and the observation period immediately after a vaccine is administered all have an impact on the logistics of organizing mass vaccination events."

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