Sand Springs suffers third COVID-19 death, Oklahoma reports 1244 new cases
/It has been 149 days since the first documented case of COVID-19 arrived in Oklahoma. Since then, there have been 37,731 cases, 30,282 recoveries, 3,228 hospitalizations, and 549 deaths. In Sand Springs there have been 184 cases, 154 recoveries, and three deaths. On Saturday the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported the first death of a Sand Springs resident since May 6.
Sand Springs reported nine new cases on Saturday with 27 active cases. The city of Tulsa has 874 active cases, Tulsa County has 1,278 active cases, and Oklahoma has 6,900 active cases. The OSDH reported 1,244 new cases statewide on Saturday, the second-highest single day total since the pandemic began. 628 Oklahomans are currently hospitalized.
The OSDH released their weekly epidemiology report on Friday. From July 24 to July 30 there were 104,640 tests administered and 8.9% of those were positive. The average age of cases was 40 and the average age of the 59 victims was 75. The youngest individual to die was 13 and the oldest was over 100. Cases are up 71.6% from the previous week, hospitalizations increased 34.4%, and deaths increased 51.3%. 76.7% of victims had at least one comorbidity.
The OSDH is asking Oklahomans to continue being tested regardless of if you are symptomatic. A complete list of testing sites is available at this link.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting 4,542,579 cases nationwide with 152,870 deaths. There have been 68,605 new cases and 1,371 deaths in the past day. Oklahoma ranks 32nd in total cases (33rd per capita) and 34th in total deaths (39th per capita). The state is 16th in new cases for the past seven days, and 24th in new deaths in the past seven days.
The World Health Organization is reporting 17,396,943 cases worldwide with 675,060 deaths. There have been 289,321 new cases and 6,142 new deaths. The United States continue to lead the world in total cases, followed by Brazil with 2,610,102 and India with 1,695,988.
