The number of deaths and new cases in the area attributed to COVID-19 has jumped again in Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties, Oklahoma State Department of Health figures show.
Since March 31, there have been 37 more deaths in Pottawatomie County and 11 in Lincoln County. The OSDH is not providing any information on deaths regarding gender and age group as they had been previously.
The OSDH recently began reporting the breakdown of deaths and new cases on a weekly basis rather than daily. The agency has stated the reason is because of the decline in COVID-19 cases recently.
The agency is releasing that information on Wednesdays so the most recent numbers provided here are from April 7 since this week’s edition went to press Tuesday night, April 13.
There now have been 123 deaths in Pottawatomie County attributed to COVID-19. That number compares to 86 at the last reporting, OSDH figures show.
Lincoln County has 69 reported deaths, up from the 58 at the last reporting.
The number of positive cases has risen in both Pottawatomie and Lincoln counties, OSDH figures show.
The number of new positive tests in Pottawatomie County jumped by 61 and in Lincoln County they increased by15, according to figures provided by the OSDH.
Between the two counties, the number of positive tests jumped by 76 from the last reporting by OSDH.
Lincoln County’s latest number is 3,176. It was 3,161 at the last report.
The number of people testing positive for the virus in Pottawatomie County now stands at 8,201. Last report it was 8,140.
The total number testing positive in the two counties now stands at 11,377.
Total number of people who have recovered in the two counties is now 10,942 the OSDH said. In Pottawatomie County, 7,909 have recovered and 3,033 have recovered in Lincoln County.
The OSDH reported as of April 7, statewide 440,023 people have tested positive, there have been 6,669 Oklahoma deaths and 423,402 have recovered. Active cases stood at 9,952.
This week on Tuesday, the OSDH reported 109 new positive cases confirmed and four additional deaths.
The OSDH reports that 3,450,418 people have tested negative.