A sign in the parking lot of Salem Health’s laboratory site on State Street on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
As Covid hospitalizations continue to rise again due to the omicron variant, Salem Reporter will begin publishing case and hospitalization information daily. Here’s our report for Tuesday, Jan. 18.
Tuesday’s case numbers are higher because they include counts from the weekend and MLK Day.
Total Salem Hospital patients with Covid: 94 as of Tuesday morning, four more than Monday.
Of those, 10 are in the intensive care unit, and three are on ventilators.
Fifty-five of those in the hospital are not vaccinated against Covid.
Total Salem Hospital bed occupancy: 473 patients; the hospital is licensed for 494 beds
Total people hospitalized with Covid in Region 2 (Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Linn, Benton, Lincoln counties): 141. Of those, 16 are in the intensive care unit and four are on ventilators.
Total Region 2 hospital bed occupancy: 80 of 83 staffed ICU beds and 535 of 556 non-ICU beds in use.
New Covid cases reported in Marion County: 2,764
New Covid cases reported in Polk County: 542
New Covid deaths reported: 10 in Oregon
-Saphara Harrell
