As of Friday, there are 3,121 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma.
There are nine additional deaths; three occurred in the past 24 hours and the others died between April 17-April 22.
Two in Oklahoma County, a male in the 36-49 age group and female in the 50-64 age group. One in Tulsa County, a female in the 65 and older age group. One in Caddo County, a female in the 65 and older age group. One in Sequoyah County, a male in the 65 and older age group. One in Creek County, a male in the 50-64 age group.One in Ottawa County, a male in the 65 and older age group. One in Cleveland County, a male in the 65 and older age group.One in Wagoner County, a female in the 65 and older age group.
There are 188 total deaths in the state.
Weekly report shows cases, deaths down
To provide an up-to-date review of epidemiological data about COVID-19 in the state, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is releasing today a new Weekly Epidemiology and Surveillance Report. This report provides an in-depth review of data collected April 17-23 and new changes in the classification of cases.
Key points in the weekly report include:
- 660 confirmed cases in the past week—a decrease of approximately 2% from the week before (April 10 to 16).
- 48 deaths occurred in the past week—a decrease of approximately 6% from the week before (April 10 to 16).
- 608 individuals were ever hospitalized for COVID-19 since the start of the outbreak and 135 are currently hospitalized.
- 47,984 specimens have been tested in total.
- 69 counties (out of 77) with at least a confirmed case of COVID-19.
Additional resources
The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) has created a survey to assess health care and health care access challenges people with disabilities are encountering with the COVID-19 pandemic.The survey is open until May 1 and can be found here.
A list of COVID-19 testing sites in the state can be found here.
For more information, visit coronavirus.health.ok.gov.
