In the past week, the Oregon Health Authority reports four newly identified deaths of local residents with Covid.
Tag: COVID IN SALEM
Salem weekly Covid report for Aug. 5: Marion county cases up, hospitalizations down
The number of Salem-area Covid hospitalizations are down compared to last week, while cases are up statewide and in Marion County. HOSPITAL CAPACITY The average number of Covid patients at Salem Hospital and in the mid-Willamette region are down compared to last week. As of Friday, Aug. 5, the hospital[Read More…]
National Guard back at Salem Hospital, with less stress than fall deployment
A national guardsman walks through the halls at Salem Hospital on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon National Guard soldiers deployed to aid hospitals around the state last fall weren’t required to return in January. But Sgt. Shane Brubaker, a 32-year-old guard member from Woodburn, volunteered to report[Read More…]
Oregon DOJ investigating Covid testing center with locations in Salem
A testing center in South Salem displays The Center for Covid Control logo. (Joey Cappelletti/Keizertimes) The Center for Covid Control, a Covid testing company with two locations in Salem, has found itself the focus of a state investigation after it was discovered that thousands of their tests may be invalid.[Read More…]
Uncategorized Child care providers face temporary closures during Covid wave
Preschool and daycare centers in Salem, already struggling with staffing shortages, are also being impacted by the omicron wave (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Autumn David had to close her northeast Salem daycare Jan. 6 because the sibling of one the kids in her care tested positive for Covid. She said providers[Read More…]
What to know about Covid testing in Marion, Polk counties
Rapid Covid tests are in short supply, as this sign in a Salem Walgreens in Jan. 11, 2022 illustrates (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Salem Reporter is making this information free as a community service. Subscriptions help support our work. With Covid spreading rapidly in Salem and across Oregon, local providers are[Read More…]
With Covid cases again climbing, Salem Hospital over 100% capacity every day so far this year
A health care worker wheels out a gurney in the emergency room at Salem Hospital on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A “perfect storm” of post-holiday illness, discharge delays and a steady stream of Covid patients have kept Salem Hospital beyond full during the first week of the[Read More…]
Uncategorized As state booster push begins, vaccine appointments in Salem area going unfilled
Sam Bereny, an EMT at Metro West Ambulance, administers a second dose of the Moderna vaccine at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Centennial Park in Woodburn, Ore. on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Vaccinators in the Salem area need to deliver about 100,000 booster Covid shots in[Read More…]
In response to Omicron, Willamette University moves large classes online for start of spring semester
Willamette University’s Salem campus (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Willamette University will move many of its classes online for the first two weeks of spring semester in hopes of limiting the spread of the Omicron variant once students return from winter break. The university’s Covid advisory team announced plans Friday evening, following[Read More…]
Public health leaders say better translation, quick staffing increases were key lessons in Covid response
Katrina Rothenberger, stands in the COVID-19 incident command at the Marion County Health and Human Services office on Monday, July 13, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When Katrina Rothenberger got the call that Marion County had recorded its first Covid infection, she was celebrating her father’s birthday on a Saturday night.[Read More…]