7 More Deaths, 443 New Cases Since Monday, 81 County Residents Hospitalized

Since Monday, 7 more Douglas County Residents have died related to COVID-19. There were 251 new cases on Tuesday, and 192 cases on Wednesday. There are now 81 Douglas County Residents hospitalized, 67 locally. On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at 12:00 pm we had TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT (248) people with new positive test results, THREE (3) new presumptives and THREE (3) new deaths to report bringing our total number of cases of people with positive test results and presumptives in Douglas County to 7,687*. We had EIGHTY-ONE (81) Douglas County COVID-19 patients hospitalized, sixty-eight locally and thirteen out-of-the-area, including two patients that have been transferred out of the state for specialized care not available here. We continue to work with Mercy to provide information on our COVID patients being hospitalized locally: 15 ventilators (invasive mechanical airway support) are currently in use, and 14 COVID positive patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). As of 12:00 pm today, Wednesday, August 25, 2021, there are ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE (191) people with new positive test results, ONE (1) presumptive that has been moved to a positive with a positive test result, ONE (1) new presumptive and FOUR (4) new deaths to report, bringing the total number of cases of people with positive test results and presumptives in Douglas County to 7,879*. Currently, there are EIGHTY-ONE (81) Douglas County COVID-19 patients that are being hospitalized, sixty-seven locally and fourteen out-of-the-area, including two that have been transferred out of the state for specialized care not available here. We continue to work with Mercy to provide information on our COVID patients being hospitalized locally: 15 ventilators (invasive mechanical airway support) are currently in use, and 14 COVID positive patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Of our hospitalized cases today, SEVENTY (70) out of the 81 were not vaccinated. COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS Our Douglas County Public Health Officer, Dr. Robert Dannenhoffer, has confirmed the deaths of seven more Douglas County residents related to the COVID-19 virus. Our one hundred and seventeenth COVID-19 related death was a 91-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Saturday, July 30, 2021 and passed away on Saturday, August 21, 2021. She was fully vaccinated. Our one hundred and eighteenth COVID-19 related death was a 59-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, August 23, 2021 and passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021. She was not vaccinated. Our one hundred and nineteenth COVID-19 related death was a 58-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, August 16, 2021 and passed away on Sunday, August 22, 2021. She was not vaccinated. Our one hundred and twentieth COVID-19 related death was a 72-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Thursday, August 19, 2021 and passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. She was not vaccinated. Our one hundred and twenty-first COVID-19 related death was a 74-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday, August 13, 2021 and passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. She was not vaccinated. Our one hundred and twenty-third COVID-19 related death was a 95-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, August 23, 2021 and passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. She was fully vaccinated. 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. DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ANSWER CALL TO TEMPORARILY ADD MORGUE SPACE The Douglas County Board of Commissioners received a request from the Douglas County Medical Examiner and our local medical community for a need to temporarily increase our morgue space in Douglas County. The request was made due to the recent surge in COVID cases and subsequent hospitalizations that have sadly brought about a huge increase in local COVID-related deaths in the last month. The increase in COVID deaths has doubled our need for morgue space, as we still need to accommodate all of the non-COVID related deaths that occur in our county. The Commissioners collaborated with our Douglas County Public Works Department to quickly acquire additional temporary units to increase our local capacity. Our local mortuary system includes morgue space at all three hospitals (Lower Umpqua, CHI Mercy Health and Roseburg VA Medical Center), funeral homes and the Douglas County Sheriff’s, Medical Examiner’s Office. In the interest of privacy for the loved ones of residents, no additional information will be released. For the full daily update from Douglas County: https://flashalert.net/id/DouglasCoGovernment/147960