State health officials released the most recent figures on Tuesday, Dec. 29.
New daily reported cases and deaths from COVID-19 continued to increase Tuesday, even as more Oregonians were vaccinated against the virus.
The Oregon Health Authority reported 713 new cases on Dec. 29, bringing the state total to 111,227.
State health authority officials also reported 16 new deaths, increasing the official toll to 1,449.
The OHA also reported there were 527 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Oregon on Tuesday, which is 12 more than Monday. And there were 119 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is six more than the day before.
State health officials also reported 4,356 doses of vaccine were administered Dec. 28, raising the state s total number of first vaccine doses to 25,972. All vaccinations occurred at Oregon hospitals and long-term care facilities.
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CHAMPAIGN â While Champaign County was poised to receive its third COVID-19 vaccine shipment soon, Vermilion County had yet to receive a single dose.
âOur understanding is if we did not have it by the 24th, it would have been here yesterday,â Doug Toole, administrator of the Vermilion County Health Department, said Tuesday of that countyâs first vaccine shipment.
As of Tuesday afternoon: Still no vaccine in Vermilion County, he said.
With health care personnel first in line statewide for COVID-19 vaccinations, neither of Vermilion Countyâs hospitals â OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center â had received vaccines for its staff members.