The number of deaths in the area attributed to COVID-19 has jumped by five over the past week, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reports.
All five of those have been in Pottawatomie County, the OSDH said.
The latest deaths include four females, two in the 50-64 age group and two in the 65 and older age group and one male in the 65 and older age group.
There have been 74 deaths in Pottawatomie County attributed to COVID-19. That number compares to 69 a week ago, OSDH figures show.
Lincoln County had 54 reported deaths a week ago and there have been no new deaths reported in the county over the last seven days.
Over the past week, the number of positive cases has slowed some in both Pottawatomie and Lincoln counties, OSDH figures show.
The number of new positive tests in Pottawatomie County jumped by 95 in the last week and in Lincoln County they increased by 18, according to figures provided by the OSDH.
Between the two counties, the number of positive tests has jumped by 113 in the last seven days. The previous week that number was 249.
Lincoln County’s number this week is 3,005. A week ago it was 2,987. Two weeks ago it was 2,929 the OSDH said.
The number of people testing positive for the virus in Pottawatomie County this week stands at 7,748. Last week it was 7,653. The county’s total two weeks ago was 7,462.
The total number testing positive in the two counties now stands at 10,753.
Total number of people who have recovered in the two counties is now 10,295 the OSDH said. In Pottawatomie County, 7,427 have recovered and 2,868 have recovered in Lincoln County.
Statewide as of Tuesday, 420,212 people have tested positive, there have been 4,227 deaths and 401,945 have recovered. Active cases stand at 14,040, the OSDH reports.
Last week there were 414,780 testing positive, there had been 4,061 deaths and 391,156 had recovered. There were 19,563 active cases a week ago.
This week on Tuesday, the OSDH reported 359 new positive cases confirmed and 24 additional deaths.
The OSDH reports more than 3 million people have tested negative.