Lane County Public Health is allotted only 100 doses from the state Tatiana Parafiniuk-Talesnick, Register-Guard
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Lane County Public Health was allotted 100 doses by Oregon Health Authority Monday morning. We have all of our mechanisms in place, we have record keeping in place, we are ready to go, and they only gave us 100 doses, Lane County Public Health spokesperson Jason Davis said Monday morning. It s just putting us in a tough spot, and we re hoping that it s some sort of error.
Curry County has a population of about 23,000, and their public health department was allotted 300 doses. Yamhill County has a population of 107,100, and their public health department was allotted 700 doses. Lane County s population is 382,067.
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Lane County reports 143 new COVID-19 cases Saturday
Lane County reported 143 new confirmed or presumptive cases of COVID-19 Saturday, raising the countywide total to 7,664. There are 432 people considered infectious, an increase from 352 the day before.
The death toll did not increase from Friday s count of 96. There are still 40 people hospitalized, the same as Friday.
The county had administered 5,574 first vaccine doses Friday, up 4.7% from Wednesday s 5,319.
Lane County hospitals to distribute more vaccines
Lane County hospitals McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center and PeaceHealth will be assisting community vaccination efforts, Lane County Public Health announced Friday.
The hospitals will vaccinate high-priority, frontline health care professionals.
Lower testing contributes to reduced case count in Lane County
A drop off in new coronavirus cases could be attributed to a period of lower testing surrounding the holidays, a spokesman for Lane County Public Health said Tuesday.
Posted: Dec 29, 2020 6:14 PM
Updated: Dec 29, 2020 7:06 PM
Posted By: Jacob Roberts
EUGENE, Ore. – A drop-off in new coronavirus cases could be attributed to a period of lower testing surrounding the holidays, a spokesman for Lane County Public Health said Tuesday.
Jason Davis said new cases have gone down when compared to the past few weeks. On Tuesday, Lane County reported 45 cases and two new deaths. However, Davis said it’s the holidays and people are vacationing including public health staff. That translates to fewer public testing events and fewer overall tests being conducted.
OHA released the following information about the 30 Oregonians who died:
Oregon’s 974th COVID-19 death was an 85-year-old man in Washington County who tested positive on Nov. 20 and died on Dec. 1 at Kaiser Westside Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 975th COVID-19 death was a 78-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on Nov. 25 and died on Nov. 28 at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon’s 976th COVID-19 death was a 79-year-old woman in Lane County who tested positive on Nov. 16 and died on Dec. 2 at McKenzie Willamette Medical Center. She had underlying conditions.
Coronavirus updates Monday: Oregon reports six more deaths, 846 cases
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The Oregon Health Authority reported six more deaths related to coronavirus on Monday, raising the state death toll to 1,347. OHA also reported 846 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 Monday bringing the state total to 103,755.
The number of hospitalized patients statewide is 528, two fewer than Sunday. There are 121 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, which is unchanged from a day ago.
The cases reported Monday are in the following counties: Baker (1), Benton (7), Clackamas (114), Clatsop (3), Columbia (11), Coos (5), Crook (4), Curry (3), Deschutes (39), Douglas (27), Harney (3), Hood River (10), Jackson (41), Jefferson (26), Josephine (32), Lane (26), Lincoln (4), Linn (29), Malheur (4), Marion (69), Morrow (1), Multnomah (212), Polk (10), Tillamook (4), Umatilla (23), Union (1), Wasco (11), Washington (108), Yamhill (18).