The Related Press (The Metropolis Sentinel) By Sean Murphy
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 31 — The variety of individuals hospitalized with the coronavirus in Oklahoma has topped 700 for the primary time since mid-February, in response to studies from the Oklahoma State Division of Well being.
The division on Friday reported 720 individuals hospitalized with COVID, 225 in intensive care. State well being officers have estimated that 99 p.c of these hospitalized haven’t acquired a virus vaccination.
The division not offers virus updates throughout the weekend.
The federal Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention reported Oklahoma has the eleventh lowest vaccination fee within the U.S. at 40.2 p.c totally vaccinated as of Friday. The CDC reported 47.8 p.c of residents have acquired at the least one dose, decrease than all however 12 states.
The seven-day rolling common of latest circumstances in Oklahoma has risen from 560.7 each day on July 15 to 1,351.3 on July 29, in response to information from Johns Hopkins College.
Oklahoma had the eighth highest fee within the U.S. of latest circumstances per capita with 406.5 per 100,000 residents, in response to the Johns Hopkins information.
