The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 1,194 new COVID-19 cases for Tuesday, Dec. 29. Oklahoma’s seen 283,781 COVID-19 cases overall as 32,628 cases are active.
A total of 22 virus-related deaths were documented for Tuesday, bringing Oklahoma’s death toll to 2,405. One death being a Kay County resident from Tonkawa, and another being a Garfield County resident.
Kay County saw an increase with five new COVID-19 cases, putting the county at 3,159 COVID-19 cases, 31 deaths and 2,666 recoveries. There are around 462 active COVID-19 cases for Kay County, and data for local communities is posted below.
DATA FOR KAY COUNTY COMMUNITIES
Ponca City – 2,325 cases/16 deaths/1,961 recoveries
Blackwell – 373 cases/6 deaths/312 recoveries
Newkirk – 268 cases/1 death/230 recoveries
Tonkawa – 216 cases/7 deaths/181 recoveries
Kaw City – 41 cases/1 death/35 recoveries
Braman – 13 cases/0 deaths/10 recoveries
As for new COVID-19 cases in local counties, there are 10 for Payne, nine each for Logan and Washington, five for Osage and three for Garfield.
DATA FOR LOCAL COUNTIES
Payne County – 5,686 cases/27 deaths/5,188 recoveries
Garfield County – 5,350 cases/43 deaths/4,816 recoveries
Kay County – 3,159 cases/31 deaths/2,666 recoveries
Washington County – 3,072 cases/58 deaths/2,713 recoveries
Osage County – 2,902 cases/25 deaths/2,554 recoveries
Logan County – 2,504 cases/7 deaths/2,122 recoveries
Pawnee County – 989 cases/10 deaths/836 recoveries
Noble County – 946 cases/7 deaths/820 recoveries
Grant County – 375 cases/5 deaths/327 recoveries
The amount of new recoveries reported for Tuesday more than doubled the amount of new COVID-19 cases. OSDH is reporting 4,072 new recoveries as Oklahoma has seen 248,748 recoveries overall. In order for a recovery to count, the recovered patient must not be deceased or hospitalized and it has been 14 days since their report.
As of Thursday, Dec. 24, health officials report that there have been 2,314,672 negative test results, 16,289 total hospitalizations and 1,729 Oklahomans currently hospitalized due to COVID-19.
