The total number of persons in Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties testing positive for the COVID-19 Coronavirus has increased by only five in the past week, the Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting.
The OSDH issued this statement Tuesday saying, “As highlighted in the Governor’s EO report published Monday evening, the state has processed since Saturday 16,308 specimens tested for COVID-19, which is an average of 5,400 tests processed a day. As a result, the percentage of positives derived from Oklahoma’s total COVID-19 tests has declined again to an all-time low of 4.4 percent.”
Total number of persons testing positive throughout the state as of Tuesday is 5,489.
The number of persons statewide testing positive of the virus has jumped 757, the OSDH reports compared to an increase of 606 during the sevenday period prior to the past week.
However, the number of deaths from the virus was 294 on Tuesday. That’s an increase of 16 over that past seven days compared to a jump of 31 from the prior seven-day time frame, an indication that the virus is tapering off in Oklahoma.
Of the total number of deaths, 153 are males and 141 are females, the OSDH said.
Lincoln County’s total of positive cases as of Tuesday is 19, up by only two from the previous Tuesday. There have been two deaths and 15 have recovered.
Pottawatomie County’s total number of people testing positive now stands at 57 according to the OSDH. That’s a jump of three.
Four persons in the county have died from the virus. That number is the same from a week ago. Of the 57 confirmed cases, 49 have recovered, according to the OSDH. A week ago Tuesday that number was 40.
The number of combined positive cases in Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties now stands at 76. That’s an increase of only five from the 71 of a week ago.
Last Tuesday the number of people testing negative was 101,082. As of Tuesday, the OSDH is reporting 133,658 have tested negative.