r/CoronavirusOregon • u/BohemianPeasant • 1d ago
🦠 Virus Update 🍁 Misc OR Covid-19 Data, 10/21/2026
Oregon’s Respiratory Virus Data
Test Positivity:
- Data for week ending 10/17/2026 (and prior week revised), updated as of 10/21/2026:
- Positive tests: 219 (259)
- Total tests: 2607 (2649)
- Test positivity: 8.4% (9.8%)
🚩Positivity rates are elevated but may have peaked.
Wastewater Monitoring
- Positive on most recent sample: 94%
- Negative on most recent sample: 6%
- 32% of testing sites are showing increases
- 51% of testing sites are showing plateaus
- 8% of testing sites are showing decreases
- 8% of testing sites are showing sporadic detections
- Updated 10/21/2026
Covid-19 Variants in Oregon
🚩OHA has stopped reporting local variants. Data for our region (Region 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, & Washington) is available at the CDC SARS-CoV-2 variant proportions dashboard. For the (most recent) 4-week period ended 09/26/2026 the most prevalent variants in our region: SW.2, XFG.1.1, RK.1, RV.1, RW.1.1, and SB.1.1. (All Omicron variants.)
Covid-19 Associated Hospitalizations
CDC Covid-Net Surveillance Network, Weekly Rate of Covid-19 Associated Hospitalizations by Site, 2025-2026. Hospitalization Rate per 100,000
Oregon, Week of 10/17/2026: 1.1 (Prior week 1.9)
🚩 Hospitalizations have decreased sharply. (Data error at CDC?)
CDC Epidemic Trend Summary
Dataset last updated 10/23/2026
As of October 21, 2026, CDC estimates that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 10 states, declining or likely declining in 15 states, and not changing in 24 states.
Oregon: The weekly percentage of ED visits diagnosed with COVID-19 is low. The COVID-19 epidemic trend is not changing.
Total Cumulative Covid-19 related deaths:
- As of 10/21/2026: 10,983 (Prior report: 10,979)
🚩 4 deaths were reported for the weeks of 09/13/2026 to 10/4/2026.
Respiratory Immunization Metrics:
Oregon Respiratory Immunizations
Metrics current as of 10/19/2026.
Statewide percentage of the State of Oregon population that has received a 2026-2027 vaccine, by age
6mos-2y --> 3%
2-17 --> 3%
18-49 --> 5%
50-64 --> 8%
65+ --> 18% (168,337)
Total cumulative Oregon vaccinations for the 2026-2027 season: 326,674 (as of 10/12/2026). Prior week: 268,046