Oregon Health Authority’s graph showing people hospitalized with Covid in Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Linn, Benton and Lincoln counties as of Aug. 12, 2021.
With Covid cases and hospitalizations climbing in Oregon, Salem Reporter is keeping you informed of the latest numbers. Here’s our report for Thursday, Aug. 12.
Bottom line: “Our hospitals are full. Patients are boarding and being cared for in emergency departments when they should be admitted to hospital beds,” said Dr. David Zonies, Associate Chief Medical Officer and Professor of Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University, in a statement released by the Oregon Health Authority. “Our ICUs are full. Our doctors and nurses are exhausted and rightfully frustrated because this crisis is avoidable. It is like watching a train wreck coming and knowing that there’s an opportunity to switch tracks, yet we feel helpless while we watch unnecessary loss of life. That is why it is essential that we all do our part to get vaccinated and wear a mask indoors.”
New Covid cases reported in Marion County: 148
New Covid cases reported in Polk County: 42
Total Salem Hospital patients with Covid: 77, an increase of 12 from Wednesday. Of those, 13 are in the intensive care unit, and eight are on ventilators. Sixty-seven are not vaccinated against Covid.
Total Salem Hospital bed occupancy: 467 of 494 licensed beds in use
Total people hospitalized with Covid in Region 2 (Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Linn, Benton, Lincoln counties): 107, an increase of nine from Wednesday. Of those, 21 are in the intensive care unit and 12 are on ventilators.
Total Region 2 hospital bed occupancy: 90 of 99 staffed ICU beds and 710 of 756 non-ICU beds in use
New Covid deaths reported: 9 in Oregon, none in Marion County, two in Polk County: a 75-year old man and a 90-year old man. Both died at Salem Hospital. The presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
New Covid vaccines in Oregon: 3,661 new doses administered, including 2,610 first doses of vaccine.
Source: Oregon Health Authority, Salem Health.
-Caitlyn May
