The total number of persons in Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties testing positive for the COVID-19 Coronavirus has increased by only three in the past week, the Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting.
That’s a sign the virus is declining in this area.
Total number of persons testing positive throughout the state as of Tuesday is 6,137. A week ago it this 5,489.
The number of persons statewide testing positive for the virus in the past week has jumped 648, the OSDH reports compared to an increase of 757 during the seven-day period prior to the past week.
However, the number of deaths from the virus stood at 318 on Tuesday. That’s an increase of 24 over the 294 a week ago. The jump in deaths from the previous seven-day period was 16.
Of the total number of deaths, 166 are males and 152 are females, the OSDH said.
Lincoln County’s total of positive cases as of Tuesday is 22, up by only three from the previous Tuesday. There have been two deaths and 15 have recovered.
Pottawatomie County’s total number of people testing positive remains at 57, the same reported figure of a week ago, according to the OSDH.
Four persons in the county have died from the virus. Of the 57 confirmed cases, 50 have recovered, according to the OSDH. A week ago Tuesday that number was 49.
The number of combined positive cases in Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties now stands at 79.
As of Tuesday, the OSDH is reporting 153,804 have tested negative statewide.
Last Tuesday, the number of people testing negative was 133,658, a jump of more than 20,000 testing negative.