Y COMMISSIONER FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY MORE CHILDREN ARE GTIETNG VACCINATED AS THEY PREPARE TO HEAD BACK FOR ANOTHER PANDEMIC SCHOOL YEAR. IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER YEAR OF WRITING CALCULATING AND LEARNING DURING A PANDEMIC AND RIGHT NOW THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES ARE RISING AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW. WE’R’ FACING AN INCREASE IN OUR COVID CASES. WE’RE SEEING THAT ON A DAILY BASIS. W’RE’ SEEING AN INCREASE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS THIS YEAR THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FORHE T STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS, IT’S A MATTER OF WHEN NOT IF COVID WILL START SPREADING IN SCHOOLS. WE’RE GOING TO SEOUE SCHOOLS, THERE’S NO QUESTION TO PREVENT GETTING INFECTED MORE PARENTS ARE RUSNGHI TO GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED. I THINK OKLAHOMA’S ARE SEEING THAT THIS PANDEMIC NOT OVER YET AS MUCH AS WE WANT IT TO BE OVER FROM THE FIRST WEEK OFUL JY TO THE LAST THE NUMBER OF KIDS AGES 12 TO 17 GETTING THEIR FIRST DOSE JUMDPE UP BY REMO THAN 20,000OR F THOSE FULLY VACCINATED THAT INCREASED BY REMO THAN 10,000. DEFINITELY. WE ARE SEEING INCREASE AND WE’RE PLEASED TO SEE THAT INCREASE BECAUSE THAT MEANS MOORE OKLAHOMA’S OUR PROTECTION PROTECTED FROM COVID. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS URGING PARENTS TO GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED AND DO WHAT THEY CAN TO PROTECT THEIR KIDS L
Oklahoma reports 6,328 new COVID-19 cases, 26 more deaths since Friday
Updated: 11:09 AM CDT Aug 9, 2021
The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 6,328 new COVID-19 cases across the state since Friday, bringing the total cumulative number of the state’s positive cases to 500,311.According to the health department, 2,011 is Monday’s 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported. Monday’s total provisional death count, according to the CDC/NCHS, stands at 8,797. That’s 26 more compared to Friday’s update. The health department announced that they are changing the way they report COVID-19 deaths in an effort to show a “more timely” picture of the disease’s impact in Oklahoma. Moving forward, OSDH officials said they will include the provisional death count provided by CDC/NCHS in the daily updates.According to the CDC, provisional death counts deliver the most complete and accurate picture of lives lost to COVID-19. They are based on death certificates, which are the most reliable source of data and contain information not available anywhere else, including comorbid conditions, race and ethnicity and place of death. Learn more about provisional death count here.Get the details from Oklahoma State Department of Health.Health officials reported that there are 18,613 total active cases and that the recent 3-day average hospitalizations stand at 973. Officials also reported that there are 44 pediatric hospitalizations.
OKLAHOMA CITY —
The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 6,328 new COVID-19 cases across the state since Friday, bringing the total cumulative number of the state’s positive cases to 500,311.
According to the health department, 2,011 is Monday’s 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported.
Monday’s total provisional death count, according to the CDC/NCHS, stands at 8,797. That’s 26 more compared to Friday’s update.
The health department announced that they are changing the way they report COVID-19 deaths in an effort to show a “more timely” picture of the disease’s impact in Oklahoma. Moving forward, OSDH officials said they will include the provisional death count provided by CDC/NCHS in the daily updates.
According to the CDC, provisional death counts deliver the most complete and accurate picture of lives lost to COVID-19. They are based on death certificates, which are the most reliable source of data and contain information not available anywhere else, including comorbid conditions, race and ethnicity and place of death. Learn more about provisional death count here.
Get the details from Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Health officials reported that there are 18,613 total active cases and that the recent 3-day average hospitalizations stand at 973. Officials also reported that there are 44 pediatric hospitalizations.