Oklahoma COVID-19 cases up to 377 with 15 deaths
/As of Saturday at 11:00 a.m. there are 377 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. New counties with their first cases include Le Flore and Nowata. There have been seven new COVID-related deaths in the state, bringing the total to fifteen.
The seven new deaths include a man and woman in Cleveland County, both over the age of 65, a male and female in Tulsa County, both over the age of 65, a female over the age of 65 in Oklahoma County, a female in the 50-64 age range in Sequoyah County, and a female over the age of 65 in Wagoner County.
On Thursday, COVID-19 testing supplies arrived in Oklahoma that will allow for 10,000 individuals to be tested in the coming weeks. Oklahoma State University is bringing online lab capabilities by early next week that will allow the state as a whole to process roughly 2,800 COVID-19 tests per day. The University of Oklahoma is continuing to partner with the State to expand and bring online capabilities to process a significant number of COVID-19 tests in the coming weeks.
As of March 27, new regional drive-through testing sites are open in four cities in Oklahoma as a result of a cross-country, city and state health system partnership, with two more sites being open by next week in Western Oklahoma. Information about those locations can be found here: https://coronavirus.health.ok.gov/drive-thru-testing
Oklahoma County leads the state in active cases with 107, followed by Tulsa with 57, and Cleveland with 46. Canadian, Kay, Pawnee, Payne, and Washington counties all have 10 or more active cases.
Counties in red have active cases. Counties in yellow have had deaths.
The United States now leads the world in active cases with 85,356. America is sixth in deaths with 1,943. There are 509,164 confirmed cases globally and 23,335 deaths.
