214 active cases of COVID-19 in Sand Springs, 29157 in Oklahoma
/As of Monday, the OSDH COVID-19 Alert System has all counties in the Moderate Risk Phase.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Sand Springs has doubled in only ten days, reaching a record-high 214 on Monday with 58 new cases in the past 48 hours, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. An eighth Sand Springs resident has died from the virus, the first death since October 29th and the third in the past month. City Council is expected to discuss the ongoing pandemic at their Monday evening meeting.
City Council meetings are open to the public, and Sand Springs residents can sign up to speak on the issues. The meeting will be convened at Case Community Center at 6:00 p.m. There is no agenda item to pass a mask mandate, though Council could consider the idea. To enact a mandate, the Council would have to reconvene at a later date.
The Sand Springs Public School District is reporting 57 active cases among students and personnel. There are 639 active quarantines. Last week the district announced it would be going to distance learning at the secondary level after contact tracing led to a combined 350 quarantines between Charles Page High School and Clyde Boyd Middle School. In-person schooling is expected to resume the Monday following Thanksgiving Break.
The Tulsa Health Department has the 74063 ZIP Code designated as a Severe Risk area on Monday.
Last week there were only two active cases and 76 quarantines at the primary level, but in Monday’s report there were 16 cases and 249 quarantines across the five elementary sites plus the Early Childhood Education Center. SSPS numbers are collected on Friday and reported the following Monday.
The OSDH reported 2,729 new cases statewide on Monday, bringing the seven-day rolling average to 2,629. There are 29,157 active cases statewide, marking nine-straight days of increases. Active hospitalizations are at 1,249 and there have been 1,538 deaths. There are 2,306 active cases in the city of Tulsa, and 4,389 in Tulsa County.
In a Monday afternoon press conference, Governor Kevin Stitt announced new restrictions to combat the pandemic’s spread. Effective Thursday, November 19th, all restaurants will be required to provide at least six feet of space between tables, or will be required to install partitions. All bars and restaurants will be required to close at 11:00 p.m. except for curbside and drive-through windows. All State employees will be required to wear masks at work and State buildings.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting 10,984,398 cumulative cases nationwide since the pandemic began with 245,470 deaths. Oklahoma ranks 23rd in per capita cases in the past week.
The World Health Organization is reporting 54,301,156 cumulative cases worldwide with 1,316,994 deaths.
The United States continue to lead the world in total cases, followed by India with 8,845,127 and Brazil with 5,848,959.
