OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Officers say there are, on common, 954 hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Oklahoma on Thursday, Aug. 5.
On Thursday, knowledge from the Oklahoma State Division of Well being reveals that the state has had 491,680 confirmed circumstances of COVID-19 since March of 2023.
That’s a rise of two,342 circumstances since Wednesday, Aug. 4.
At this level, officers imagine there are 15,832 lively circumstances of COVID-19 in Oklahoma.
In keeping with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, Oklahoma has seen 8,766 deaths as of Thursday.
Officers say there have been 954 Oklahomans hospitalized with COVID-19 on common over the previous three days. Authorities additionally famous that there have been 40 pediatric hospitalizations for COVID-19 included in that quantity.
- KEY POINTS from the weekly OSDH Epidemiology Report:
- 11,387 circumstances had been reported up to now week
- 40.4% enhance from the week earlier than (July 18-24)
- 46 deaths had been reported up to now week
- 28,516 (5.9%) circumstances have been hospitalized
- 33,106 specimens have been examined during the last 7 days in response to the CDC COVID knowledge tracker
- 2,877,437 vaccine doses have been administered in whole
- The common age of circumstances was 40 years and common age of people who died was 74 years
- The youngest case was lower than a yr previous and the oldest case was 100+ years
- The youngest particular person to die from COVID-19 was lower than 15 years and the oldest was 100+ years
Well being leaders say over 1.91 million Oklahomans have acquired their preliminary COVID-19 vaccine, whereas 1.6 million have accomplished the collection.
To be taught extra about pointers concerning the pandemic, visit the CDC’s website.
