Lane Hawkes, emergency room nurse, receives a Covid vaccine at Salem Hospital on Dec. 17 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)
Salem Reporter is keeping you informed of the latest Covid numbers. Here’s our report for Friday, Oct. 1.
New Covid cases reported in Marion County: 168
New Covid cases reported in Polk County: 74
Total Salem Hospital patients with Covid: 90 as of Friday morning, an increase of five from Thursday. Of those, 25 are in the intensive care unit, and 16 are on ventilators.
Seventy of those in the hospital are not vaccinated against Covid.
Total Salem Hospital bed occupancy: 490 of 494 licensed beds in use
Total people hospitalized with Covid in Region 2 (Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Linn, Benton, Lincoln counties): 149, a decrease of five from Thursday. Of those, 41 are in the intensive care unit and 19 are on ventilators.
Total Region 2 hospital bed occupancy: 101 of 101 staffed ICU beds and 639 of 657 non-ICU beds in use.
New Covid deaths reported: 24
Thursday’s reported deaths included a an 88-year-old woman from Marion County who tested positive on Sept. 13 and died on Sept. 19 at her residence. She had underlying conditions.
No Polk County residents were listed.
New Covid vaccines in Oregon: 7,349 new Covid doses on Sept. 30, including 1,548 first doses, 1,909 second doses and 3,854 third doses.
Salem Reporter is now including the number of people getting a third dose of the vaccine as booster shots become more widely available.
Source: Oregon Health Authority, Salem Health
-Saphara Harrell
