Wednesday, April 1st 2020, 6:38 am
A total of 719 coronavirus cases have been reported in the state and the number of virus-related deaths has gone up to 30, state health officials said Wednesday.
Seven more deaths have been reported.
Three deaths were from Oklahoma County; a woman aged 50 to 64, a man aged 65 or older and a woman aged 65 or older. Oklahoma County has the most number of COVID-19 deaths with 10.
The other deaths were a woman aged 65 or older died in Greer County; a man aged 65 or older died in Kay County; a man aged 50 to 64 in Mayes County; and a man aged 65 or older in Osage County.
As of Wednesday, 219 Oklahomans have been hospitalized due the virus.
The age range of patients is 0 to 96 with the median age being 58.
Six children ages 0 to 4 have tested positive; nine children ages 5 to 17 have tested positive; 111 patients are ages 18 to 35; 138 patients are ages 36 to 49; 194 patients are ages 50 to 64; and 261 patients are ages 65 or older.
The breakdown of cases are 364 patients are female and 355 patients are male. Twelve female patients and 18 male patients have died from the virus.
Greer County had its first cast and has been added to other counties under Gov. Kevin Stitt's "Safer-At-Home" executive order concerning non-essential businesses. Now, 48 counties are under this order.
Oklahoma County has the most cases with 192. Tulsa County has the second most cases with 115. Cleveland County has the third most cases with 87.
County | Cases | Deaths |
---|---|---|
Adair | 8 | 0 |
Beckham | 1 | 0 |
Bryan | 1 | 0 |
Caddo | 1 | 0 |
Canadian | 24 | 1 |
Carter | 1 | 0 |
Cherokee | 7 | 0 |
Choctaw | 1 | 0 |
Cleveland | 87 | 6 |
Comanche | 21 | 0 |
Cotton | 1 | 0 |
Craig | 2 | 0 |
Creek | 27 | 1 |
Custer | 4 | 0 |
Delaware | 8 | 0 |
Garfield | 4 | 0 |
Garvin | 7 | 0 |
Grady | 3 | 0 |
Greer | 2 | 1 |
Jackson | 2 | 0 |
Kay | 24 | 1 |
Latimer | 2 | 0 |
Le Flore | 1 | 0 |
Lincoln | 5 | 0 |
Logan | 4 | 0 |
Love | 1 | 0 |
Mayes | 5 | 1 |
McClain | 9 | 0 |
Muskogee | 13 | 1 |
Noble | 5 | 0 |
Nowata | 5 | 0 |
Oklahoma | 192 | 10 |
Okmulgee | 4 | 0 |
Osage | 19 | 0 |
Ottawa | 7 | 0 |
Pawnee | 15 | 1 |
Payne | 16 | 0 |
Pittsburg | 2 | 0 |
Pontotoc | 5 | 0 |
Pottawatomie | 6 | 0 |
Rogers | 4 | 0 |
Seminole | 1 | 0 |
Sequoyah | 2 | 1 |
Stephens | 6 | 0 |
Texas | 1 | 0 |
Tulsa | 115 | 3 |
Wagoner | 15 | 2 |
Washington | 23 | 0 |
Total | 719 | 30 |
As of Wednesday, 1,248 tests have returned negative. The negative results are only from the state public health laboratory and do not include the private laboratory negative results, the health department said.
The state health department did not disclose how many tests were pending results as of Tuesday, March 24.
Stitt announced people coming from six states will have to quarantine themselves for two weeks. These states are Louisiana, Washington, California, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
For travelers who are returning from a Level 3 Travel Health Notice region, the state health department asks they stay at home, monitor their health and practice social distancing within the home.
The state health department advises anyone with COVID-19 symptoms such as shortness of breath, fever or coughing to stay home and limit person-to-person engagement.
Related: 565 Total Coronavirus Cases, 23 Virus-Related Deaths Reported In Oklahoma, OSDH Reports
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