Hospitalized Residents Drops to 79, 7 More Deaths Announced

As of 12:00 pm today, Wednesday, September 22, 2021, there are FORTY (40) people with new positive test results, TWO (2) new presumptives and FIVE (5) new deaths to report bringing the total number of cases of people with positive test results and presumptives in Douglas County to 10,871*. Currently, there are SEVENTY-NINE (79) Douglas County COVID-19 patients that are being hospitalized, fifty-seven locally and twenty-two out-of-the-area, including one that has 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: 17 ventilators (invasive mechanical airway support) and 8 BiPAP’s (Non-invasive ventilation for breathing support) machines are currently in use, 12 COVID positive patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 14 are in the Progressive Care Unit (PCU). 47% of the total hospitalized patients at Mercy are COVID positive. Of our hospitalized cases today, SEVENTY-THREE (73) patients out of the 79 patients are not fully vaccinated. COVID-19 RECAP FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at 12:00 pm we had EIGHTY-SEVEN (87) people with new positive test results, THREE (3) new presumptive and TWO (2) new COVID-19 related deaths to report bringing our total number of cases of people with positive test results and presumptives in Douglas County to 10,829*. We had EIGHTY-SIX (86)Douglas County COVID-19 patients hospitalized, sixty-four locally and twenty-two out-of-the-area, including one patient that has 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: 20 ventilators (invasive mechanical airway support) and 8 BiPAP’s (Non-invasive ventilation for breathing support) machines are currently in use, 14 COVID positive patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 16 are in the Progressive Care Unit (PCU). 45% of the total hospitalized patients at Mercy are COVID positive. Of our hospitalized cases on Tuesday, SEVENTY-EIGHT (78) patients out of the 84 patients are not fully vaccinated. COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS Douglas County Public Health has confirmed the deaths of seven more Douglas County residents related to the COVID-19 virus. Our one hundred and eighty-nine COVID-19 related death was a 70-year-old man who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Thursday, August 19, 2021 and passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. He was not vaccinated. Our one hundred and ninetieth COVID-19 related death was a 50-year-old man who passed away on Monday, September 13, 2021, and tested positive for COVID-19 post-mortem on Saturday, September 18, 2021. He was not vaccinated. Our one hundred and ninety-first COVID-19 related death was a 64-year-old man who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 and passed away on Thursday, September 16, 2021. He was not vaccinated. Our one hundred and ninety-second COVID-19 related death was an 84-year-old man who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Sunday, September 5, 2021 and passed away on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. He was not vaccinated. Our one hundred and ninety-third COVID-19 related death was a 56-year-old man who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 and passed away on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. He was partially vaccinated. Our one hundred and ninety-fourth COVID-19 related death was a 54-year-old man who was made a presumptive case on Thursday, September 16, 2021 and passed away on Friday, September 17, 2021. He was not vaccinated. Our one hundred and ninety-fifth COVID-19 related death was a 66-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, September 6, 2021 and passed away on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. She was not vaccinated. In the interest of privacy for the loved ones of this resident, and as our ethical responsibility to follow all medical laws, no additional information will be released. We thoroughly scrutinize and investigate all deaths, and review all medical records to make sure that everyone we report has met the requirements for a COVID related death, as per the Oregon Disease Investigative Guidelines for COVID-19. 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.