Oklahoma is seeing record-highs in average new coronavirus cases, average deaths and hospitalizations. And on Thursday, it saw its largest single-day increase in new new cases.
As of Wednesday evening, the number of people hospitalized for the virus surpassed 900 for the first time at a record-high of 910. Intensive care unit cases remained high at 297.
The largest single-day increase of cases of COVID-19 was reported on Thursday with 1,628. That is excluding the July 21st report, which included a backlog of cases. The state has seen a total of 112,483 positive cases since March.
Over the past seven days, Oklahoma has seen 8,647 new cases and 78 deaths due to the coronavirus, a record-high average of 1,235 cases per day and a record-high average of 11 deaths per day.
Oklahoma health officials reported 11 new deaths due to COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the state's total to 1,221. They are as follows:
- Three in Oklahoma County, one female and two males in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Caddo County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Jackson County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Lincoln County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in McCurtain County, one female in the 50 - 64 age group.
- One in Pottawatomie County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Rogers Mills County, one male in the 65 or older age group.
- One in Tulsa County, one male in the 50 - 64 age group.
- One in Wagoner County, one female in the 65 or older age group.
96,245 people — more than 85 percent of the total cases — have since been classified as having recovered from the virus.
There are 15,017 active cases in the state.
