8 More Deaths Since Monday, 67 Douglas County Residents Remain Hospitalized

COVID-19 UPDATE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 As of 12:00 pm today, Wednesday, September 29, 2021, there are SEVENTY-THREE (73) people with new positive test results and FOUR (4) new COVID-19 related deaths to report bringing the total number of cases of people with positive test results and presumptives in Douglas County to 11,218*. Currently, there are SIXTY-SEVEN (67) Douglas County COVID-19 patients that are being hospitalized, forty-five 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: 11 ventilators (invasive mechanical airway support) and 18 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 6 are in the Progressive Care Unit (PCU). 34% of the total hospitalized patients at Mercy are COVID positive. Of our hospitalized cases today, FIFTY-EIGHT (58) patients out of the 67 patients are not fully vaccinated. COVID-19 RECAP FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 12:00 pm we had EIGHTY-NINE (89) people with new positive test results, ONE (1) new presumptive and FOUR (4) 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 11,145*. We had SIXTY-SIX (66) Douglas County COVID-19 patients hospitalized, forty-three locally and twenty-three 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: 16 ventilators (invasive mechanical airway support) and 12 BiPAP’s (Non-invasive ventilation for breathing support) machines are currently in use, 13 COVID positive patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 6 are in the Progressive Care Unit (PCU). 37% of the total hospitalized patients at Mercy are COVID positive. Of our hospitalized cases on Tuesday, FIFTY-SEVEN (57) patients out of the 66 patients are not fully vaccinated. COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS Douglas County Public Health has confirmed the deaths of eight more Douglas County residents related to the COVID-19 virus. Our two hundred and eighth COVID-19 related death was a 51-year-old man who was diagnosed with COVID- 19 on Sunday, August 15, 2021 and passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2021. He was not vaccinated. Our two hundred and ninth COVID-19 related death was a 69-year-old man who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, September 13, 2021 and passed away on Thursday, September 23, 2021. He was not vaccinated. Our two hundred and tenth COVID-19 related death was an 81-year-old man who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, September 13, 2021 and passed away on Monday, September 20, 2021. He was not vaccinated. Our two hundred and eleventh COVID-19 related death was an 83-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, March 1, 2021 and passed away on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. We were notified by State Vital Records of the death on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. She was not vaccinated. Our two hundred and twelfth COVID-19 related death was a 43-year-old man who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, August 30, 2021 and passed away on Friday, September 24, 2021. He was not vaccinated. Our two hundred and thirteenth COVID-19 related death was a 58-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 and passed away on Monday, September 27, 2021. She was not vaccinated. Our two hundred and fourteenth COVID-19 related death was a 93-year-old man who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Thursday, August 26, 2021 and passed away on Friday, September 3, 2021. We were notified by State Vital Records of the death on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. He was not vaccinated. Our two hundred and fifteenth COVID-19 related death was a 95-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday, August 20, 2021 and passed away on Wednesday, September 8, 2021. We were notified by State Vital Records of the death on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. She was not vaccinated. In the interest of privacy for the loved ones of these residents, 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. 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