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OHA: Nearly 1 in 4 COVID cases in Oregon last week were breakthrough cases


FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2021, file photo, a pharmacist prepares a syringe of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2021, file photo, a pharmacist prepares a syringe of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Nearly a quarter of all COVID-19 cases reported in Oregon last week were breakthrough cases, state health officials said Thursday.

The Oregon Health Authority’s weekly breakthrough report found that 75.6% of the 10,441 coronavirus cases between Sunday, Sept. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 2 were in people who were unvaccinated.

Nearly one in four of those COVID-19 cases were breakthrough cases, the OHA said.

The number of vaccine breakthrough cases identified in Oregon (28,075 total) remains very small when compared to the more than 2.75 million Oregonians who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

“Cases of COVID-19 are far more common in unvaccinated people. The report shows that the rate of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people is currently approximately four times higher than in vaccinated people,” the OHA said.

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To date, only 4.5% of breakthrough cases let to people being hospitalized by COVID-19.

Officials say .8% have died, and the average age of those fatalities was 81 years old.

On Thursday, the OHA reported 1,453 new confirmed and presumptive cases of the virus, bringing the statewide total to nearly 340,000 since the pandemic began.

There were also 59 COVID-19 related deaths reported Thursday, raising Oregon’s death toll to 3,959.

Hospitalizations from the virus dropped by 31 since Wednesday, with 699 people in the hospital with COVID-19 statewide.

Of those patients, 173 are in the intensive care unit. There are 51 open ICU beds statewide, representing a roughly 7% availability.

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