Oregon health officials announced 308 new coronavirus cases Friday and no new deaths, with experts predicting ever-decreasing new case counts through the end of the month.
Oregon Health Authority models indicate that cases could drop to about 100 a day in the upcoming weeks, provided transmission rates stay around what they were in late May. At that time, only about 65 people got sick for every 100 already infected -- a rate that should, in theory, lead toward far fewer cases of the widespread contagion.
Vaccines have been central to reaching that transmission rate, with models showing roughly 110 people would have gotten sick for every 100 already infected if vaccines hadn’t been available.
SEE STATE AND COUNTY COVID-19 TRENDS
Vaccines: Oregon reported 24,213 newly administered doses, which includes 15,926 Thursday and the remainder from previous days.
Where the new cases are by county: Benton (3), Clackamas (34), Clatsop (4), Columbia (6), Coos (1), Crook (8), Curry (2), Deschutes (14), Douglas (15), Grant (2), Hood River (2), Jackson (21), Jefferson (3), Josephine (3), Klamath (2), Lake (1), Lane (12), Lincoln (1), Linn (12), Malheur (2), Marion (31), Multnomah (67), Polk (5), Umatilla (11), Union (1), Wasco (1), Washington (37) and Yamhill (7).
Who died: Oregon reported no new deaths connected to the coronavirus Friday.
Hospitalizations: 169 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 are hospitalized, down four from Thursday. That includes 40 people in intensive care, down one from Thursday.
Since it began: Oregon has reported 204,587 confirmed or presumed infections and 2,726 deaths, among the lowest per capita numbers in the nation. To date, the state has reported 4,171,738 vaccine doses administered, fully vaccinating 2,007,367 people and partially vaccinating 302,686 people.
-- Fedor Zarkhin
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