Latest Oregon COVID numbers: Cases, hospitalizations and vaccinations
Interactive graphics and daily updates on Oregon's coronavirus data.
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Oregon wound down the last of its pandemic restrictions as the first omicron wave receded in early 2022, most notably by ending the mask mandate for schools and indoor public spaces on March 12.
The COVID-19 pandemic is not over, however, and Oregon's daily case counts and hospitalization rates both began climbing again by the end of April, signaling the start of a new wave caused by the BA.2 omicron variant.
State health officials have stressed the need to keep up to date on vaccinations to keep the virus at bay. Though no longer required, masks are still strongly recommended, especially in light of the BA.2 wave.
The Oregon Health Authority continues to report new cases and deaths on its data dashboard. As of Nov. 23, 2022, Oregon has recorded a cumulative total of 920,718 confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases and 8,824 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Note: As of Sept. 14, 2022, the Oregon Health Authority is updating its dashboard data weekly on Wednesdays rather than on each weekday.
Read on to see the latest statewide figures as Oregon continues to navigate the pandemic.
Daily new cases and deaths
Oregon's daily new case rate has gone through several waves since the start of the pandemic. The high points, when new cases exceeded 1,000 per day, were the winter surge in December 2020 and January 2021, the delta wave in August and September 2021 and the omicron wave in January and February 2022. The BA.2 wave has been at that level since late April.
State health officials have warned that the daily totals are likely undercounts because they do not include unreported cases and home tests, and the proportion of uncounted cases was likely higher in the omicron wave because the state hit the limit of how many tests it could physically conduct in a given day.
Reported Nov. 23:
- Average of 510 new cases per day over the past week
New cases reported daily since start of the pandemic:
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New deaths reported weekly since the start of the pandemic:
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Current Hospitalizations
The omicron variant caused an unprecedented surge in cases, but the cases tended to be milder on average and hospitalizations didn't increase at the same rate.
As a result, state health officials said they were shifting their focus to hospitalizations as the key metric to gauge the pandemic's impact on the health care system. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken a similar approach moving forward.
State officials primarily looked at the hospitalization metric to determine when to lift the indoor mask mandate, with the target being a pre-omicron level of about 400 COVID patients statewide.
Reported Nov. 23:
- 311 patients hospitalized with COVID-19
- 45 patients in intensive care unit beds
Timeline of hospitalizations in Oregon
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Vaccinations
Vaccines substantially reduce the risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19. The omicron variant appears to be better than its predecessors at infecting vaccinated people, but the vaccines still provide strong protection against severe illness, particularly with a booster shot.
Oregon's cumulative vaccination totals, reported Nov. 6:
- 3,301,020 people have received at least one vaccine dose
- 2,978,987 people have completed a vaccine series
- 547,775 people have received a bivalent (BA.4/BA.5 formula) booster
At the time bivalent boosters became available in September 2022 and replaced their original-formula counterparts, OHA reported that 1,743,745 people in Oregon had received a monovalent booster.
Oregon’s population is 4,241,500, according to the 2020 U.S. Census.
Vaccination rates in Oregon
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Where to get a vaccine
All Oregonians age 5 and older are eligible to be vaccinated, and everyone age 12 and older is eligible for a booster dose. As of Mar. 30, people ages 50 and up or people who are immunocompromised are eligible for a second booster shot if it's been at least four months since their first booster.
As of September, Oregonians who have completed their initial vaccination course are eligible for an updated Pfizer or Moderna booster targeted against the BA.5 strain of the omicron variant.
Vaccines are free and do not require an ID or proof of citizenship. A link to the Oregon Health Authority’s vaccine and testing locator map can be found at getvaccinated.oregon.gov. Several Oregon counties currently operate no-appointment mass vaccination sites, some of which also offer testing.