As Covid hospitalizations remain high due to the omicron variant, Salem Reporter is again publishing case and hospitalization information daily. Here’s our report for Thursday, Jan. 27.
Total Salem Hospital patients with Covid: 124 as of Wednesday morning, an increase of 11 from Wednesday. That’s the highest one-day count since the pandemic began, breaking a record of 119 patients on Jan. 25, and 112 on Sept. 6, 2021.
Of those, nine are in the intensive care unit, and five are on ventilators.
Seventy-one of those in the hospital are not vaccinated against Covid, and 53 are vaccinated.
Salem Health does not consistently report the number of patients who have received a booster vaccine dose because of the difficulty tracking whether patients are eligible for a booster in real time, spokeswoman Lisa Wood said. The vaccinated patient count includes any patient who has received at least two doses of a Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Total Salem Hospital bed occupancy: 498 patients; the hospital is licensed for 494 beds.
Total people hospitalized with Covid in Region 2 (Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Linn, Benton, Lincoln counties): 200. Of those, 15 are in the intensive care unit and three are on ventilators.
Total Region 2 hospital bed occupancy: 80 of 85 staffed ICU beds and 556 of 563 non-ICU beds in use.
New Covid cases reported in Marion County: 989
New Covid cases reported in Polk County: 174
New Covid deaths reported: 19 in Oregon
-Saphara Harrell
