PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The COVID-19 Biweekly Data Report, launched Wednesday by the Oregon Well being Authority, reveals a rise in COVID-19-related hospitalizations and a slight lower in deaths, together with a decline in total circumstances.
Here is the report from OHA:
OHA reported 18,598 new circumstances of COVID-19 from July 10-23, a 13.3% decline from the earlier biweekly whole of 21,452.
Throughout the two-week interval of July 10-23, check positivity was 13.8%, down from 15.1% within the earlier two-week interval.
Wednesday’s COVID-19 Biweekly Outbreak Report reveals 223 energetic outbreaks in care amenities, senior dwelling communities and congregate care dwelling settings with three or extra confirmed COVID-19 circumstances or a number of COVID-19-related deaths.
Adjustments coming to outbreak reporting
Beginning Aug. 10, OHA will cease reporting latest circumstances, energetic outbreaks and resolved outbreaks in workplaces, youngster care settings and Ok-12 faculties (tables 3-9) within the COVID-19 Biweekly Outbreak Report. OHA will proceed to report energetic and resolved outbreaks in long-term care amenities, senior dwelling communities and congregate dwelling settings (tables 1-2).
These adjustments don’t have an effect on case and outbreak reporting to OHA. Monitoring outbreaks, particularly in high-consequence settings, stays a precedence for OHA. We’ll proceed to work with native public well being authorities to offer assets and assist throughout outbreak responses, as acceptable.
We’re making the adjustments for a number of causes. One motive is to align assets and staffing with the present stage of the pandemic and different public well being wants. The biweekly outbreak reporting course of is just not totally automated and requires many hours of cautious assessment to make sure correct reporting. As well as, common case investigation and contract tracing ended earlier this 12 months, and OHA suggested native public well being authorities to focus knowledge assortment and response on outbreaks in high-consequence settings, moderately than in all settings.
