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 Thursday, Feb. 17.
Total Salem Hospital patients with Covid: 102 as of Thursday afternoon, two more than Wednesday.
Of those, 11 are in the intensive care unit, and five are on ventilators.
Sixty-three of those are not vaccinated against Covid, and 39 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: 513 patients; the hospital is licensed for 494 beds.
Total people hospitalized with Covid in Region 2 (Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Linn, Benton, Lincoln counties): 156. Of those, 19 are in the intensive care unit and five are on ventilators.
Total Region 2 hospital bed occupancy: 95 of 97 staffed ICU beds and 689 of 694 non-ICU beds in use.
New Covid cases reported in Marion County: 156
New Covid cases reported in Polk County: 34
New Covid deaths reported: 28 in Oregon
Source: Oregon Health Authority, Salem Health
-Ardeshir Tabrizian
