Health data covid update#

Commercial labs have the ability to conduct testing on an industrial scale, but do not report pending results, therefore we only include pending results from OSPHL. The OSPHL serves as the first source of testing during an outbreak and as commercial labs come online, OSPHL increases focus on priority testing. As of March 25, 2020, we are including the number of pending test results available from the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory (OSPHL).Reporting of travel history is not available for cases reported to OHA by commercial laboratories therefore as of March 15, 2020, we no longer include information about travel history.Confirmation by CDC of laboratory results from the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory is no longer required therefore as of March 15, 2020, we no longer note the number of CDC-confirmed cases.Because community transmission is occurring in Oregon and recommendations on social or physical distancing are in place, as of March 17, 2020, we no longer report daily counts of persons under monitoring.Cases who were examined in but not admitted to a hospital may be incorrectly classified as hospitalized until interview and medical record review are complete, leading to fluctuations in the number of hospitalized COVID-19 cases. Cases are considered hospitalized if they were ever admitted to the hospital for inpatient care during the their COVID-19 illness. OPERA is the state of Oregon's electronic disease surveillance system for COVID-19.

Health data covid update#

If changes occur, we will update our counts accordingly.ДўFor additional details on individuals who have died from COVID-19 in Oregon, please refer to our press releases.ДЈThis includes cases who test negative and are not epi-linked to a confirmed case.Д¤Ever hospitalized, if available, as reported to OPERA. County of residence for cases may change as new information becomes available. Antibody test results are not included in our data. Presumptive cases are people without a positive diagnostic test who have COVID-19-like symptoms and had close contact with a laboratory confirmed case. 1This includes cases confirmed by diagnostic testing and presumptive cases.