48 Residents Hospitalized as Delta Variant Surges Through Douglas County

Here is the latest COVID-19 update for Douglas County for Wednesday August 11. Here are the case numbers and hospitalizations for Douglas County residents for this weekend. Listed for each day is (new cases for that day, total number of residents hospitalized on that day) Wednesday, August 11 - 161 cases, 48 hospitalized Tuesday, August 10 - 139 cases, 42 hospitalized Monday, August 9 - 71 cases, 38 hospitalized Sunday, August 8 - 63 cases, 37 hospitalized Saturday, August 7 - 109 cases, 31 hospitalized Friday, Aug 6 - 107 cases, 31 hospitalized Thursday, Aug 5 - 71 cases, 28 hospitalized HUGE CONCERN FOR HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS The fourth surge of the COVID pandemic has created an overwhelming influx of new hospitalizations in the United States, and daily admissions continue to skyrocket. This is definitely placing a tremendous strain on health care communities, health care workers and hospital systems all across the nation. The Latest Local Data: Douglas County Breakthrough and Unvaccinated Case Rates We are continuing to work with DPHN to track our breakthrough case numbers. For the week of August 1 - August 7, 2021, our data shows that 93.6% of our new COVID cases were not vaccinated, thus 6.4% were vaccinated - break-through cases. Of our current hospitalized patients, 85.4% were not vaccinated, with 14.6% of our patients vaccinated. Douglas County Vaccination Rate The good news is that we added another 588 people age 16 and above to our vaccine rolls in Douglas County last week (August 1 – August 7, 2021). This is the largest weekly increase in many weeks (293, 281, 219, 382 and 529 in the past month) and is hopefully a sign that more people are choosing to get vaccinated. The total number of Douglas County residents ages 16 and above who have received one dose of vaccine is now 54,293, increasing our percentage who have received one dose to 54,293/94,338 or 57.6%. We continue to make vaccines available to all areas of Douglas County. As we have stated before, there are a number of vaccine doses given to Douglas County residents that are still not being attributed to our numbers on the State and Federal level. So, the rate provided above also includes our best estimate of vaccine doses (based on information shared with us) given at the Roseburg VA and Cow Creek Tribal events, as well as doses received in other states, that have not been added to the OHA or the CDC’s counts. The overall vaccination rate is still low and not where we want to be in order to be effective in combating the future spread and continued mutations of the virus. The CDC website reports that 50% of residents in Douglas County are fully vaccinated. We understand that the variance in reporting is confusing, but the good news is that our numbers and the CDC numbers for vaccines administered are starting to converge, so we are confident that our accurate numbers will be reflected very soon at all levels. As a reminder, the COVID-19 vaccines are here, safe, effective and available for those that are eligible and want to get them. While they cannot prevent you from getting COVID, the data illustrates that the three COVID vaccines are very effective at preventing severe illness, hospitalizations and death. Again, as we have said since the beginning, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, Dr. Bob Dannenhoffer our Douglas County Public Health Office, our partners at DPHN and our partners in our local medical and health care communities continue to encourage our residents to be safe, protect those you love, take the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of the virus, stay home if you are sick and get the COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 RECAP FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2021: On Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at 12:00 pm we had ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE (129)people with new positive test results, TEN (10) new presumptives and TWO (2) deaths to report, bringing our total number of cases of people with positive test results and presumptives in Douglas County to 5,362*. We had FORTY-TWO (42) Douglas County COVID-19 patients hospitalized, thirty-seven locally and five out-of-the-area, including one that was transferred out of the state for specialized care not available here. As of Tuesday, DPHN was supporting 893 cases in isolation, 441 cases in quarantine for a total of 1334 in isolation and quarantine. COVID-19 UPDATE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2021: As of 12:00 pm today, Wednesday, August 11, 2021, there are ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) people with new positive test results ELEVEN (11) new presumptives and TWO (2) deaths to report, bringing the total number of cases of people with positive test results and presumptives in Douglas County to 5,523*. Currently, there are FORTY-EIGHT (48) Douglas County COVID-19 patients that are being hospitalized, forty-three locally and five out-of-the-area, including one that had to be transferred out of the state for specialized care not available here. COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS Our Douglas County Public Health Officer, Dr. Robert Dannenhoffer, has confirmed the deaths of two more Douglas County residents related to the COVID-19 virus. Our ninety-sixth COVID-19 related death is an 88-year-old man who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 and passed away on Sunday, August 8, 2021. Our ninety-seventh COVID-19 related death is an 82-year-old man who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 and passed away on Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Our ninety-eighth COVID-19 related death is a 71-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Sunday, July 18, 2021 and passed away on Monday, August 9, 2021. Our ninety-ninth COVID-19 related death is a 59-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Saturday, July 31, 2021 and passed away on Monday, August 9, 2021. In the interest of privacy for the loved ones of these residents, no additional information will be released. Each death related to COVID-19 is painful for all Douglas County residents, and a sad reminder of the terrible impact COVID-19 has had in our local communities. The Douglas County Board of Commissioners, Dr. Dannenhoffer, DPHN and the DCCRT team extend our heartfelt condolences and sympathies to all family members, friends, relatives, co-workers and community members of those who have passed after contracting this deadly virus. Here is a link to the full report: https://flashalert.net/id/DouglasCoGovernment/147564