Oklahoma’s coronavirus hospitalizations have been trending up for weeks and just crossed yet another milestone.
As of Monday evening, the number of people hospitalized for the virus stood at a record-high of 821, and the share of those hospitalizations in the intensive care unit reached a record-high of 319.
State officials allowed its federally-funded surge contracts with hospitals to lapse, stating that the funding would expire at year’s end and that hospitals needed to be weaned off the funding before then. State officials have announced no new control measures, and in the past have said that halting elective surgeries would be the only relief valve.
Oklahoma health officials reported 18 new deaths due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the state's total to 1,191. They are as follows:
- Four in Tulsa County, one female in the 50 - 64 age group and two females and one male in the 65 or older age group.
- Two in Garfield County, one female in the 50 - 64 age group and one female in the 65 or older age group.
- Two in Grady County, two females in the 65 or older age group.
- Two in Lincoln County, two males in the 65 or older age group.
- Two in Oklahoma County, one male in the 50 - 64 age group and one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Cleveland County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Comanche County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Creek County, one female in the 50 - 64 age group.
- One in Kay County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Le Flore County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Roger Mills County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
There were also 1,475 new cases of the virus reported. The state has seen a total of 109,548 positive cases since March.
Oklahoma has reported 8,054 new cases and 72 deaths due to the coronavirus in the past seven days, an average of 1,151 cases and 10 deaths per day.
93,698 people — more than 85 percent of the total cases — have since been classified as having recovered from the virus.
There are 14,659 active cases in the state. Oklahoma County has the most active cases with 2,738, followed by Tulsa County with 2,318, Cleveland County with 1,015 and Canadian County with 684.
Garfield County with 354, Comanche County with 313.
Pottawatomie County with 291, Muskogee County with 272, Rogers County with 266, Bryan County with 261, Delaware County with 221, Payne County with 220, McClain County with 216, Okmulgee County with 213, Grady County with 202, LeFlore County with 201.
McCurtain County with 198, Sequoyah County with 187, Cherokee County with 185, Beckham County with 182, Pittsburg County with 182, Creek County with 174, Wagoner County with 169, Mayes County with 161, Seminole County with 150, Caddo County with 148, Lincoln County with 148, Pontotoc County with 148, Logan County with 147, Stephens County with 145, Jackson County with 140, Ottawa County with 136, Osage County with 135, Adair County with 134, Washington County with 131, Carter County with 125, Custer County with 123, Okfuskee County with 122, Garvin County with 119.
