Oregon’s COVID-19 emergency declaration ending, no impact on OHP coverage
Oregon’s COVID-19 emergency declaration ends this Friday, April 1, 2022. This decision does not affect the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) or its members and will not start the OHP redetermination process.
On Feb. 18, President Biden extended the federal emergency declaration beyond March 2022. The federal government has committed to giving states at least 60 days’ notice before the federal declaration ends. The OHP redetermination process will begin once Oregon receives this notice. Once redetermination begins, OHP members will be informed about their eligibility.
In the meantime, if you are an OHP member, please make sure your contact information is up to date so Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Department of Health and Human Services (ODHS) and your Coordinated Care Organization can contact you to make sure you can keep your benefits.
Call 800-699-9075 to report changes over the phone.
Ask a community partner for help. Community partners are clinics, hospitals and other service organizations that help people apply for the Oregon Health Plan. To find a partner near you: Go to www.OregonHealthCare.gov and click “Find local help.” You can search by ZIP code for partners near you.
More detailed information about updating contact information can be found on this webpage.
Oregon reports 351 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 42 new deaths
We want to keep you informed about COVID-19 in Oregon. Data are provisional and change frequently.
Samples for 927,622 tests have been reported positive.
Samples for 9,903,422 tests have been reported negative.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 111, which is seven fewer than yesterday. There are 18 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is one fewer than yesterday.
There are 114 available adult ICU beds out of 672 total (17% availability) and 401 available adult non-ICU beds out of 4,261 (9% availability).
The total number of patients in hospital beds may fluctuate between report times. The numbers do not reflect admissions per day, nor the length of hospital stay. Staffing limitations are not captured in this data and may further limit bed capacity.
Today, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported that 2,684 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry March 28. Of that total, 237 were initial doses, 248 were second doses and 613 were third doses and booster doses. The remaining 1,423 doses were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry March 28.
The seven-day running average is now 1,990 doses per day.
Oregon has now administered 4,191,941 doses of Pfizer Comirnaty, 245,345 doses of Pfizer pediatric, 2,739,854 doses of Moderna and 270,269 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.
As of today, 3,175,359 people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 2,883,740 people have completed a COVID-19 vaccine series.
These data are preliminary and subject to change.
Updated vaccination data are provided on Oregon’s COVID-19 data dashboards and have been updated today.
Cases and deaths
There are 42 new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 7,115, OHA reported at 12:01 a.m. today.
OHA reported 351 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 703,465.
Oregon’s 6,965th and 7,007th COVID-19-related death, reported on March 18 and March 23 respectively, were identified to be the same person. Because of this update, we are renumbering our reports to start with 7,074 today.
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Benton (11), Clackamas (52), Clatsop (2), Columbia (2), Coos (4), Crook (2), Curry (2), Deschutes (16), Douglas (11), Grant (5), Hood River (2), Jackson (13), Jefferson (3), Josephine (9), Klamath (3), Lake (1), Lane (35), Linn (5), Malheur (1), Marion (22), Multnomah (108), Polk (1), Umatilla (2), Union (3), Wasco (4), Washington (27) and Yamhill (5).
Note: Additional case and death information to follow in updated news release.
Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations
To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit our web page (English or Spanish), which has a breakdown of distribution and other information.
