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June 11, 2021
Correction: An incorrect headline was included in yesterday’s newsletter and has been corrected.
“We are so close to fully reopening our economy”
More than 67% of Oregonians 18 years of age and older have now received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Governor Kate Brown said at a press conference today. “We are so close to fully reopening our economy,” she added. When 70% of adults have had their first shot, the state will lift most restrictions.
The governor reminded people that getting vaccinated means they are eligible to win $1 million and other prizes in Oregon’s Take Your Shot campaign.
In an update on the pandemic, State Epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger noted that:
- Daily cases, COVID-19 related hospitalizations and deaths, and percentage of people testing positive all continue to decline.
- People who have had COVID-19 and recovered, may not have the same level of immunity as someone who has not been infected and has been fully vaccinated.
The science and data cannot be clearer,” he said. “If you’re protected against COVID-19, you are at low risk of getting the virus and your pandemic is nearing an end. If you have not been vaccinated your pandemic still rages and the virus presents a clear danger. Please make a plan and get vaccinated.”
Read more on our blog or click on the image below to watch the press conference.
Get a $100 gift card when you get a vaccine
For the next few days, people who get a first- or single-dose vaccine at some locations will have a chance to get a $100 Fred Meyer or Safeway gift card. People aged 12-17 will get a card if they have permission from a parent or guardian. Walk in, drive-up or register at All4Oregon.org.
• Hillsboro Stadium, starting June 11
• PDX Airport Red Economy Lot, starting June 12
• Oregon Convention Center, starting June 12
• OHSU Multnomah Pavilion, starting June 13
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Eviction moratorium expires at end of this month
Oregon’s eviction moratorium will expire on June 30. This means that renters must pay their July 2021 rent, or their landlords can evict them for nonpayment.
Under current law, you cannot be evicted until next year for rent owed between April 2020 and June 2021. Rent assistance programs can help you with that past-due rent. There is currently no similar grace period for rent due after July 1.
But there is more than $200 million in federal rental assistance available now. Apply at OregonRentalAssistance.org.
Governor extends mortgage foreclosure moratorium
In other housing news, Governor Brown today extended Oregon’s mortgage foreclosure moratorium until September 30, 2021. This protects homeowners who have lost income due to the pandemic and have been struggling to keep up with mortgage payments. They now have until September 30 to begin repaying.
Corrected: Oregon reports 308 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 0 new deaths
There are no new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, and the state’s death toll remains at 2,726, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today.
Oregon Health Authority reported 308 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 204,587.
CDC data tracker issue update
OHA has relied on a daily U.S. Centers for Disease and Control Prevention (CDC) data update to report the number of people who need to receive a COVID-19 vaccination to reach Oregon’s goal of vaccinating 70% of people 18 and older.
Unfortunately, CDC is experiencing an issue with the data feed that contributes to its COVID data tracker dashboard, which Oregon uses to track the state’s progress towards 70%.
CDC believes that approximately two days of data is not appearing on the CDC COVID data tracker dashboard. CDC is working to resolve the issue and anticipates having it fixed by June 15. The COVID data tracker is the only place where doses from all sources administered to Oregonians are reported, including doses administered by federal entities, as well as doses administered to people living in Oregon by providers in other states.
Vaccinations in Oregon
Today, OHA reported that 24,213 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 15,926 doses were administered on June 10 and 8,987 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry on June 10.
The seven-day running average is now 17,697 doses per day.
Oregon has now administered a total of 2,352,742 first and second doses of Pfizer, 1,662,657 first and second doses of Moderna and 154,388 single doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. As of today, 2,007,367 people have completed a COVID-19 vaccine series. There are 2,310,053 people who have had at least one dose. The number of adult Oregonians needing vaccinations to reach the 70% threshold is 87,702.
A daily countdown can be found on the OHA website.
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).
To date, 2,862,225 doses of Pfizer, 2,176,380 doses of Moderna and 299,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines 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 169, which is four fewer than yesterday. There are 40 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is one fewer than yesterday.
The total number of COVID-19 positive patient bed-days in the most recent seven days is 1,278, which is a 23.4% decrease from the previous seven days. The peak daily number of beds occupied by COVID-19 positive patients in the most recent seven days is 206.
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.
Cases and deaths
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Benton (3), Clackamas (34), Clatsop (4), Columbia (6), Coos (1), Crook (8), Curry (2), Deschutes (14), Douglas (15), Grant (2), Hood River (2), Jackson (21), Jefferson (3), Josephine (3), Klamath (2), Lake (1), Lane (12), Lincoln (1), Linn (12), Malheur (2), Marion (31), Multnomah (67), Polk (5), Umatilla (11), Union (1), Wasco (1), Washington (37) and Yamhill (7).
Note: Due to routine data quality assurance reviews, OHA identified 19,992 duplicate negative electronic lab reports (ELRs) from April 30 to June 10, 2021, related to a single laboratory in Yamhill county. These duplicate negative ELRs were removed from the system last night. As a result, statewide and Yamhill County ELR counts have decreased and percent positivity has increased for this time period.
