For at least the third consecutive week, the number of new positive COVID-19 cases in Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties has jumped by double digits, Oklahoma State Department of Health figures show.
However, no new deaths have occurred in either county during that same period, according to the OSDH.
The OSDH recently began reporting the breakdown of deaths and new cases on a weekly basis rather than daily.
The agency has said that’s because of the decline in COVID-19 cases.
The agency is releasing that information on Wednesdays so the most recent numbers provided here are from July 14 since this week’s edition went to press Tuesday night, July 20.
There have been 131 deaths in Pottawatomie County attributed to COVID-19.
Lincoln County has 72 reported deaths.
The number of new positive tests in Pottawatomie County rose by 38 and in Lincoln County they increased by 14, according to figures provided by the OSDH.
Between the two counties, the number of positive tests jumped by 52 from the most recent report by the OSDH. The previous report had that number increasing by only 33.
Lincoln County’s latest number is 3,309. It was 3,295 at the last report.
The number of people testing positive for the virus in Pottawatomie County now stands at 8,487. Last report it was 8,449.
The number testing positive in the two counties is now 11,796.