The number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 has jumped again in both Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties in the last few days, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reports.
There have been four more deaths in Pottawatomie County in the last seven days. They include a man in the 50-64 age group, a woman 65 and older and two men in the 65 and older age group, the OSDH said.
Lincoln County’s death toll has risen by two. Both are men in the 65 and older age group.
Over the past week the number of positive cases has continued to rise in both Pottawatomie and Lincoln counties. The number of deaths in Lincoln County as of Tuesday this week stands at 32. In Pottawatomie County that number is 33.
The number of new positive tests in Pottawatomie County jumped by 489 in the last week and in Lincoln County they increased by 136, according to figures provided by the OSDH.
Between the two counties, the number of positive tests has jumped by 625 in the last seven days.
Lincoln County’s number this week is 2,052. A week ago it was 1,916. Two weeks ago it was 1,764 the OSDH said.
The number of people testing positive for the virus in Pottawatomie County this week stands at 5,397. Last week it was 4,908. The county’s total two weeks ago was 4,528.
Total number of people testing positive in the two counties now stands at 7,449, according to the OSDH.
A week ago that number stood at 6,824. Two weeks ago the number was 6,292.
Total number of people who have recovered in the two counties is 6,475, according to OSDH figures. In Pottawatomie County, 4,681 have recovered and 1,794 have recovered in Lincoln County.
Statewide as of Tuesday 283,781 have tested positive, there have been 2,405 deaths and 248,748 who have recovered. Active cases stood 32,628 at the OSDH reports.
Last week there were 265,620 testing positive, there had been 2,240 deaths and 224,672 had recovered. There were 36,544 active cases a week ago.
This week on Tuesday, the OSDH reported 1,194 new positive cases confirmed and 22 additional deaths.