Oklahoma up to 1,524 COVID-19 cases with twelve new fatalities
/Counties in red have active cases. Counties highlighted in yellow have suffered fatalities.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma has risen to 1,524 with 390 hospitalizations and 79 deaths, including twelve on Tuesday. The OSDH has processed 1,479 negative tests but is still working through more than 12,000 negative tests submitted by private labs.
The twelve new fatalities include:
Four in Oklahoma County: two males and two females, older than 65.
Two in Cleveland County, a male in the 36-49 age group and a male older than 65.
Two in Tulsa County, both males older than 65.
One in Adair County, a female older than 65.
One in Greer County, a female older than 65.
One in Kay County, a male older than 65.
One in Wagoner County, a male older than 65.
Oklahoma County leads the state with 317 cases and fifteen fatalities, followed by Tulsa County with 293 cases and sixteen deaths, and Cleveland County with 212 cases and fourteen deaths.
The Centers for Disease Control are reporting 395,011 cases nationwide with 12,754 deaths, an increase of 20,000 cases in the last 24 hours. Oklahoma is 29th in total cases (34th per capita), and 23rd in deaths (18th per capita).
The World Health Organization’s Wednesday situation report shows 1,353,361 cases worldwide with 79,235 deaths. The United States lead the world, followed by Spain with 140,510 cases, Italy with 135,586, Germany with 103,228, and China with 83,157.
