Health care workers work in the intensive care unit at Salem Hospital on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Covid hospitalizations in both Oregon and in Salem are falling from their peaks during the omicron surge, but remain high.
Here’s Salem Reporter’s Covid report for Wednesday, Feb. 16.
Total Salem Hospital patients with Covid: 100 as of Wednesday morning, two more than Tuesday.
Of those, 11 are in the intensive care unit, and five are on ventilators.
Sixty-two of those are not vaccinated against Covid, and 38 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: 535 patients; the hospital is licensed for 494 beds.
OHA didn’t have updated regional Covid hospitalization numbers as of 3:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Total Region 2 hospital bed occupancy: 95 of 98 staffed ICU beds and 680 of 691 non-ICU beds in use.
New Covid cases reported in Marion County: 187
New Covid cases reported in Polk County: 42
New Covid deaths reported: 23 in Oregon
-Saphara Harrell
