2,357 Total Oklahomans Test Positive For Coronavirus; 131 Total Virus-Related Deaths Reported, OSDH Says

A total of 2,357 Oklahomans have tested positive for COVID-19 and a total of 131 virus-related deaths have been reported, the Oklahoma State Department of Health said Thursday.

Eight more deaths were reported since Wednesday. The state health department said three people died in the last 24 hours and five died between April 9 to 14. 

Three people in Cleveland County died from the virus; two men and a woman aged 65 or older.

Two men aged 65 or older died in Delaware County. 

One woman aged 65 or older died in Caddo County. One woman aged 65 or older died in Muskogee County. One woman aged 65 or older died in Washington County. 

As of Thursday, a total of 528 patients have been hospitalized and 236 people are currently hospitalized.

State health officials said 1,240 Oklahomans have recovered from the virus, according to Wednesday evening's order report. The state health department said the meaning of recovered is someone who is currently not hospitalized or deceased and 14 days after the onset/report of the virus. 

The patients' ages range from 0 to 102 with the median age being 56. Twenty-two children ages 0 to 4 have tested positive for the virus; 41 children ages 5 to 17 have tested positive; 426 patients are ages 18 to 35; 483 patients are ages 36 to 49; 597 patients are ages 50 to 64; and 788 patients are ages 65 or older.

The most deaths were reported among people aged 65 or older with 108 deaths. Five people aged 18 to 35, three people aged 36 to 49 and 15 people aged 50 to 64 have died from the virus, the health department reported. The median age of the deceased is 74.

The breakdown of patients is 1,311 are female and 1,046 are male. Seventy-one men and 60 women have died from the virus.