Oklahoma COVID-19 Update – 19 April 2020
Team Radio Marketing Group - April 19, 2020 1:04 pm
SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19
- As of this advisory, there are 2,599 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma.
- There is one additional death, which occurred in the past 24 hours.
- One in Delaware County, a female in the 65 and older age group.
- There are 140 total deaths in the state.
- Note: The number of total cumulative negative specimens, total cumulative number of specimens to date, and the number currently hospitalized reported below are compiled through the Executive Order reports submitted to the governor. These reports are not submitted on the weekend, and therefore, those numbers found in this report will be updated this week. All other numbers listed in this report are current.
- The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is partnering with Oklahoma State University (OSU) and the University of Oklahoma (OU) to offer additional testing sites in Tulsa. Information for the OSU site can be found here. Information about the OU site is available here. A list of other testing sites in the state can be found here.
- The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), in partnership with Google and Looker, launched the COVID-19 Symptom Tracker and COVID-19 Data Dashboard. The data dashboard provides data by zip code and city on positive cases, deaths and the number of people with symptoms in their area.
- For more information, visit coronavirus.health.ok.gov.
COVID-19 Oklahoma Test Results
| Confirmed Positive Cases | 2,599 |
| *Total Cumulative Negative Specimens to Date (As of April 17) | 32,966 |
| *Total Cumulative Number of Specimens to Date (As of April 17) | 35,561 |
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**Currently Hospitalized |
307 |
| Total Cumulative Hospitalizations | 555 |
| Deaths in the Past 24 hours | 1 |
| Total Cumulative Deaths | 140 |
*The total includes laboratory information provided to OSDH at the time of the report. Total counts may not reflect unique individuals.
**This number is a combination of hospitalized positive cases and hospitalized persons under investigation, as reported by hospitals at the time of the report. The data reflect a change in calculation and should not be compared to prior data.
Data Source: Acute Disease Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health.
*As of 2020-04-19 at 7:00 a.m.
