Oklahoma health officials reported 56 new deaths due to the coronavirus on Tuesday, for a total of 4,534 deaths since last March.
24 of those deaths occurred in January, while two occurred in February. The others occurred in November and December. The reporting of months-old deaths are believed to be due to a backlog of death reports, as the state narrows the discrepancy between CDC and state data on deaths from COVID.
The deaths in today's report are as follows:
- 13 in Tulsa County, one female in the 50-64 age group, three females in the 65 or older age group, nine males in the 65 or older age group.
- Five in Comanche County, three females in the 65 or older age group, two males in the 65 or older age group.
- Five in Oklahoma County, two females in the 65 or older age group, one male in the 50-64 age group, two males in the 65 or older age group.
- Three in Okmulgee County, one female in the 50-64 age group, one male in the 50-64 age group, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- Three in Pittsburg County, two females in the 65 or older age group, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- Two in Caddo County, one female in the 65 or older age group, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- Two in Canadian County, one male in the 36-49 age group, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- Two in Custer County, two males in the 65 or older age group.
- Two in Muskogee County, one female in the 65 or older age group, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- Two in Osage County, one female in the 50-64 age group, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Adair County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Atoka County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Bryan County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Cherokee County, one female in the 50-64 age group.
- One in Cleveland County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Grady County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Haskell County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Jefferson County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Kay County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Love County, one female in the 36-49 age group.
- One in Major County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in McClain County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in McIntosh County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Ottawa County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Pawnee County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Pottawatomie County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Stephens County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
111 new infections were also reported, for a total of 424,999 positive cases since last March.
In the past seven days, Oklahoma has reported 4,787 new cases and 307 deaths due to the coronavirus. That's an average of 684 infections per day - the lowest since late August 2020 and a record-high 44 deaths per day. Again, due to the backlog of death reports, the daily death average is artificially high.
407,934 people — more than 95 percent of the total cases — have since been classified as having recovered from the virus.
There are 12,531 active cases in the state.
