The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 1,078 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Oklahoma’s seen 415,858 COVID-19 cases overall as 18,600 cases are active. The number of active cases is 963 less than Tuesday.
28 additional virus-related deaths were documented Wednesday to put Oklahoma’s death toll to 4,089. This includes two Garfield County females and two Kay County males that were all in the 65 or older age group and one for a Payne County male in the 50-64 age group.
Kay County saw 13 new COVID-19 cases for Wednesday, putting the county at 5,026 COVID-19 cases, 71 deaths and 4,738 recoveries. There are currently 217 active COVID-19 cases for Kay County, which is five less than Tuesday. Data for local Kay County communities is posted below:
DATA FOR KAY COUNTY COMMUNITIES
Ponca City – 3,681 cases/40 deaths/3,497 recoveries
Blackwell – 635 cases/17 deaths/580 recoveries
Newkirk – 420 cases/3 death/391 recoveries
Tonkawa – 351 cases/13 deaths/330 recoveries
Kaw City – 62 cases/1 death/58 recoveries
Braman – 21 cases/0 deaths/20 recoveries
DATA FOR LOCAL COUNTIES IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA:
Payne County – 8,244 cases/46 deaths/7,922 recoveries
Garfield County – 7,421 cases/69 deaths/7,039 recoveries
Kay County – 5,026 cases/71 deaths/4,738 recoveries
Washington County – 4,580 cases/80 deaths/4,296 recoveries
Osage County – 4,384 cases/44 deaths/4,165 recoveries
Logan County – 3,843 cases/26 deaths/3,615 recoveries
Pawnee County – 1,683 cases/29 deaths/1,604 recoveries
Noble County – 1,330 cases/10 deaths/1,241 recoveries
Grant County – 524 cases/7 deaths/498 recoveries
OSDH is reporting more recoveries on Wednesday rather than new COVID-19 cases as there are 2,013 new recoveries, putting Oklahoma’s recovery total to 393,169. 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.
There have been 620,746 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered in Oklahoma and that there are 173,423 completed series. The number of prime doses given is 447,323. There have also been 430,750 prime doses allocated and 291,500 boost doses allocated.
See complete COVID-19 data for Oklahoma by visiting coronavirus.health.ok.gov.
COVID-19 VACCINE UPDATE FOR KAY COUNTY:
Due to Sunday’s winter weather and more expected Tuesday night going into Wednesday, the Kay County Health Department made the announcement last week that all COVID vaccination PODs in Kay County Feb. 15-18, are cancelled.
Individuals who had appointments for those days will need to reschedule at vaccinate.oklahoma.gov when appointments are available.
The health department hopes to be able to provide clinics on Friday, Feb. 19th.
Future appointments will continue to be posted on the Vaccine Scheduler Portal available at: vaccine.oklahoma.gov.
