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An Oklahoma County male aged 50-64 has died due to COVID-19, increasing the state's death toll to 16.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health confirmed Sunday that positive cases of the coronavirus in the state now stands at 429, an increase of 52 cases from Saturday. That's a nearly 14 percent increase in total cases.
44 of Oklahoma's 77 counties are now reporting positive cases of COVID-19, with Garfield, Rogers, Seminole and Texas counties reporting their first instances of cases. Oklahoma County has the most number of cases with 120. Tulsa County has 61, Cleveland County has 51, Kay County has 20 and Washington County has 18.
State officials say they're working with local hospitals to increase ICU capacities by 40 percent. Governor Kevin Stitt asked FEMA on Friday to survey for additional locations where Oklahoma could expand hospital locations for treating COVID-19 patients. Details are said to be released soon.
It was announced Sunday that the state's public-private partnership with labs has been expanded to include Regional Medical Laboratory (RML) in Oklahoma City and Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL) in Austin, Texas. The partnerships, which include an ongoing agreement with Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma (DLO), are aimed at increasing the state's COVID-19 testing capacity.
