Oklahoma health officials reported 50 new deaths due to the coronavirus on Monday, for a total of 4,478 deaths since March 2020.
47 of those deaths occurred in January, while two occurred in February. No information was given on the one remaining death. The sudden reporting of months-old deaths are believed to be due to a backlog created by the winter storm and the ongoing discrepancy between CDC and Oklahoma data on COVID deaths.
The deaths in today's report are as follows:
- Six in Oklahoma County, one female in the 50-64 age group, three females in the 65 or older age group, two males in the 65 or older age group.
- Six in Tulsa County, one female in the 50-64 age group, three females in the 65 or older age group, one male in the 50-64 age group, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- Five in Cleveland County, three females in the 65 or older age group, two males in the 65 or older age group.
- Four in Comanche County, one female in the 65 or older age group, three males in the 65 or older age group.
- Three in Grady County, one female in the 65 or older age group, one male in the 50-64 age group, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- Three in Muskogee County, one female in the 65 or older age group, two males in the 65 or older age group.
- Two in Creek County, two females in the 65 or older age group.
- Two in Johnston County, one female in the 65 or older age group, one male in the 18-35 age group.
- Two in Seminole County, one male in the 50-64 age group, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Carter County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Cherokee County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Garvin County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Haskell County, one male in the 50-64 age group.
- One in Kay County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Kiowa County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Le Flore County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Major County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Noble County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Okmulgee County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Osage County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Pittsburg County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Pontotoc County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Pushmataha County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Rogers County, one female in the 18-35 age group.
- One in Sequoyah County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Woodward County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
380 new infections were also reported, for a total of 424,888 positive cases since March 2020.
*Note: weekend reporting of cases and deaths is typically very low compared to weekdays.
In the past seven days, Oklahoma has reported 5,035 new cases and 275 deaths due to the coronavirus. That's an average of 719 infections per day and 39 deaths per day.
407,665 people — more than 95 percent of the total cases — have since been classified as having recovered from the virus.
There are 12,745 active cases in the state.
