OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – As many hospitals are struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus patients, health officials say the number of hospitalizations related to the virus is more than 1,300 in Oklahoma.
On Tuesday, data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health shows that the state has had 158,408 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since March.
That’s an increase of 1,551 cases, or a 1% increase.
There were six additional deaths caused by the virus, bringing the state’s total number of deaths to 1,544.
Officials say there were 1,381 people Oklahoma hospitals with either a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19 as of Tuesday.
Here is the breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma counties:
- Adair: 1,070 (13 deaths) (814 recovered)
- Alfalfa: 249 (146 recovered)
- Atoka: 638 (1 death) (505 recovered)
- Beaver: 142 (1 death) (111 recovered)
- Beckham: 1,120 (16 deaths) (961 recovered)
- Blaine: 295 (2 deaths) (241 recovered)
- Bryan: 2,367 (17 deaths) (1,836 recovered)
- Caddo: 1,470 (28 deaths) (1,196 recovered)
- Canadian: 5,582 (25 deaths) (4,452 recovered)
- Carter: 1,261 (13 deaths) (994 recovered)
- Cherokee: 1,844 (10 deaths) (1,442 recovered)
- Choctaw: 623 (2 deaths) (503 recovered)
- Cimarron: 58 (42 recovered)
- Cleveland: 10,709 (117 deaths) (8,877 recovered)
- Coal: 220 (151 recovered)
- Comanche: 3,616 (27 deaths) (2,848 recovered)
- Cotton: 157 (3 deaths) (113 recovered)
- Craig: 798 (2 deaths) (671 recovered)
- Creek: 2,124 (41 deaths) (1,732 recovered)
- Custer: 1,486 (11 deaths) (1,205 recovered)
- Delaware: 1,644 (37 deaths) (1,333 recovered)
- Dewey: 142 (1 death) (105 recovered)
- Ellis: 97 (43 recovered)
- Garfield: 3,109 (33 deaths) (2,580 recovered)
- Garvin: 1,256 (9 deaths) (917 recovered)
- Grady: 2,155 (19 deaths) (1,780 recovered)
- Grant: 174 (3 deaths) (133 recovered)
- Greer: 206 (8 deaths) (156 recovered)
- Harmon: 93 (79 recovered)
- Harper: 121 (2 deaths) (89 recovered)
- Haskell: 565 (6 deaths) (439 recovered)
- Hughes: 514 (7 deaths) (425 recovered)
- Jackson: 1,551 (22 deaths) (1,245 recovered)
- Jefferson: 126 (1 death) (91 recovered)
- Johnston: 429 (4 deaths) (337 recovered)
- Kay: 1,307 (20 deaths) (1,009 recovered)
- Kingfisher: 731 (6 deaths) (614 recovered)
- Kiowa: 267 (6 deaths) (206 recovered)
- Latimer: 277 (3 deaths) (236 recovered)
- Le Flore: 2,077 (26 deaths) (1,811 recovered)
- Lincoln: 1,083 (24 deaths) (875 recovered)
- Logan: 1,128 (3 deaths) (937 recovered)
- Love: 436 (1 death) (326 recovered)
- Major: 344 (2 death) (236 recovered)
- Marshall: 544 (2 deaths) (389 recovered)
- Mayes: 1,266 (17 deaths) (1,008 recovered)
- McClain: 1,986 (16 deaths) (1,533 recovered)
- McCurtain: 2,022 (43 deaths) (1,648 recovered)
- McIntosh: 682 (12 deaths) (541 recovered)
- Murray: 485 (3 deaths) (367 recovered)
- Muskogee: 3,432 (29 deaths) (2,485 recovered)
- Noble: 337 (3 deaths) (246 recovered)
- Nowata: 347 (4 deaths) (281 recovered)
- Okfuskee: 850 (11 deaths) (600 recovered)
- Oklahoma: 31,970 (261 deaths) (25,092 recovered)
- Okmulgee: 1,570 (15 deaths) (1,327 recovered)
- Osage: 1,705 (18 deaths) (1,466 recovered)
- Other: 78 (2 recovered)
- Ottawa: 1,517 (22 deaths) (1,323 recovered)
- Pawnee: 462 (5 deaths) (365 recovered)
- Payne: 3,581 (17 deaths) (3,036 recovered)
- Pittsburg: 1,620 (21 deaths) (1,357 recovered)
- Pontotoc: 1,441 (8 deaths) (1,046 recovered)
- Pottawatomie: 2,837 (21 deaths) (2,403 recovered)
- Pushmataha: 369 (6 deaths) (311 recovered)
- Roger Mills: 119 (5 deaths) (88 recovered)
- Rogers: 3,317 (57 deaths) (2,651 recovered)
- Seminole: 1,090 (8 deaths) (901 recovered)
- Sequoyah: 1,593 (14 deaths) (1,318 recovered)
- Stephens: 1,178 (12 deaths) (907 recovered)
- Texas: 2,119 (11 deaths) (1,920 recovered)
- Tillman: 239 (4 deaths) (179 recovered)
- Tulsa: 27,729 (240 deaths) (23,149 recovered)
- Wagoner: 2,317 (35 deaths) (2,036 recovered)
- Washington: 1,685 (43 deaths) (1,440 recovered)
- Washita: 280 (2 deaths) (198 recovered)
- Woods: 380 (1 death) (225 recovered)
- Woodward: 1,600 (6 deaths) (1,377 recovered)
In all, officials believe there are 28,807 active cases of COVID-19 across Oklahoma.
According to health department data on Tuesday, officials believe 128,057 Oklahomans have recovered from the virus.
Although the CDC recommends patients be tested twice to determine if they have recovered, health department officials say they are preserving tests for patients who are sick.
Instead, the Oklahoma State Department of Health identifies a person as recovered if they are currently not hospitalized or deceased and it has been 14 days since the onset of their symptoms or since they were diagnosed.
State officials urge Oklahomans to stay away from ill patients and to frequently wash their hands. Also, avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
At this point, Americans are urged to practice ‘social distancing’ by staying in their homes as much as possible and not going out into a crowd.
The virus is mainly spread from person-to-person, and symptoms usually appear two to 14 days after exposure. Officials stress that the most common symptoms are fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
If you do become sick, you are asked to stay away from others. If you have been in an area where the coronavirus is known to be spreading or been around a COVID-19 patient and develop symptoms, you are asked to call your doctor ahead of time and warn them that you might have been exposed to the virus. That way, experts say, they have the ability to take extra precautions to protect staff and other patients.
