We're anxious as we hear from more of our family and loved ones who are sick with or were exposed to COVID-19.” “We are all tired of taking steps to fight the fires. “This is not the way any of us wants to begin the new year,” Sidelinger said. He also gave the total for Thursday, Jan. "If you are ill with COVID-19 and have not yet been vaccinated, you cannot count on the acquired immunity to stave off the Omicron variant. "You are in greater danger of getting the virus and passing along to others than at any time during this pandemic," said Sidelinger. Dean Sidelinger, Oregon State Health Officer, opened the presser. 30 and has broken its own record every day since.ĭr.
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7, representatives from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Oregon Department of Education (ODE) and Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) held a press conference to update the public on the state’s fight against the Omicron variant of COVID-19.īefore Omicron hit Oregon, the state’s single-day COVID case high was 3,207 on Aug. Graven noted that these incidental cases are somewhat balanced out by the number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital who aren’t explicitly counted in statewide figures - those who have been in the hospital long enough that they’re no longer infectious, but still taking up a hospital bed.Updated: 1 year ago / Posted As Omicron cases surge, Oregon Health Authority updates state.Even among patients admitted primarily for other conditions, a COVID-19 infection can worsen their underlying condition and complicate their care.A patient who tests positive for COVID-19, even if they’re in the hospital for another condition, must be isolated and other precautions must be taken to prevent spreading infection to other patients and healthcare workers.The number of these incidental cases - meaning people who are admitted for other conditions but also happen to have COVID-19 - has been part of the case-mix throughout the pandemic.īecause omicron is spreading so rapidly, it will increase the proportion of COVID-positive patients who are in the hospital primarily for other reasons: heart attacks, cancer treatment, motor vehicle crashes and other conditions that require care in a hospital.Įven so, these incidental cases still increase the burden on healthcare resources. The forecast factors in assumptions about the number of hospitalized Oregonians admitted with “incidental” cases of COVID-19. The hospital census tracked by the OHA notes that 32% of intensive care unit capacity is filled with COVID-19 patients, which is above the 25% figure from last week but still well below the nearly 60% figure during the peak of the surge in cases from the Delta variant in September 2021. He expects it will be much more difficult to generate large new spikes in hospitalizations going forward, even though people’s immunity will wane over time. If Oregon had followed those national trends, Graven projects it would have amounted to a peak of around 1,540 in the hospital with COVID-19. is more than a third higher per-capita than the 1,087 people currently hospitalized in Oregon.
The average peak across the rest of the U.S.
Because of that, our surge was way lower than other places on a per-capita basis.” “Oregon pushed out booster shots, Oregonians modified their behavior early, before Omicron fully arrived here, and we kept our masking rates relatively high compared with other states. “The way Oregon handled Omicron is almost as good as you’re going to see,” said Peter Graven, Ph.D., director of the OHSU Office of Advanced Analytics. However, Oregonians’ actions to reduce the spread of a highly contagious virus variant appears to have paid off: Oregon is experiencing a lower rate of severe illness than states on the East Coast, where the Omicron variant first took hold in the United States. Oregon hospitals will remain under severe strain through February. The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Oregon were forecast to peak in early February near current levels, and then steadily recede to pre-Omicron levels by the end of March, according to the latest update from Oregon Health & Science University.
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