Week in review: Lane County's COVID cases fall 10.6%; Oregon cases drop 14.3%
Oregon reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding 11,149 new cases. That's down 14.3% from the previous week's tally of 13,016 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Oregon ranked 25th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week, coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 18.9% from the week before, with 837,185 cases reported. With 1.27% of the country's population, Oregon had 1.33% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 10 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
Lane County reported 965 cases and 10 deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 1,079 cases and 20 deaths. Throughout the pandemic, it has reported 24,597 cases and 256 deaths.
Across Oregon, cases fell in 28 counties, with the best declines in Washington County, with 932 cases from 1,198 a week earlier; in Jackson County, with 583 cases from 821; and in Linn County, with 532 cases from 740.
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Oregon ranked 18th among states in share of people receiving at least one shot, with 66.1% of its residents at least partially vaccinated. The national rate is 64%, a USA TODAY analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which are the most used in the United States, require two doses administered a few weeks apart.
In the week ending Wednesday, Oregon reported administering another 58,258 vaccine doses, including 24,757 first doses. In the previous week, the state administered 62,150 vaccine doses, including 30,215 first doses. In all, Oregon reported it has administered 5,163,200 total doses.
Within Oregon, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Grant County with 1,584 cases per 100,000 per week; Harney County with 1,515; and Lake County with 1,029. The CDC says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.
Adding the most new cases overall were Multnomah County, with 1,243 cases; Marion County, with 1,185 cases; and Lane County, with 965. Weekly case counts rose in eight counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Umatilla, Grant and Jefferson counties.
In Oregon, 113 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 155 people were were reported dead.
A total of 320,990 people in Oregon have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 3,682 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 42,931,354 people have tested positive and 688,032 people have died.
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USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, Sept. 26.
Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
- Last week: 1,068
- The week before that: 1,202
- Four weeks ago: 1,445
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
- Last week: 102,610
- The week before that: 111,420
- Four weeks ago: 128,233
Lane County Monday COVID-19 data
Lane County reported 78 confirmed or presumptive cases of COVID-19 on Monday, raising the countywide case count to 25,003. The death toll remained at 256 for a fourth day.
There were 790 people considered infectious, up from Sunday's 773.
There were 73 from Lane County hospitalized, up one from Sunday, with 21 in intensive care and eight on ventilators, both unchanged from Sunday.
Of the 73 hospitalized Lane County COVID-19 patients, 79.5%, or 58 of the 73, are unvaccinated, Lane County Public Health reported.
As of Thursday, 247,461 people in Lane County, 64.89% of the total population, had received first or second doses with 464,279 first and second doses administered in Lane County, according to the Oregon Health Authority.
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