Positive tests now over 500

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Positive tests now over 500

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 06:28
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More than 500 people in Oklahoma are now infected with the COVID-19 virus.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced on Tuesday that 556 Oklahomans have tested positive.

That number is up 75 from Monday.

Four additional positive tests were reported for Kay County, bringing the county positive test results to 24.

Kay County remains the fourth highest county in the state for positive test results. Oklahoma County has 155, Tulsa County has 83 and Cleveland County has 65. Osage County now has 16 positive cases. Payne County has 15 and Noble County has four.

Six more deaths have now been reported, bringing the state total to 23.

Deaths on Monday included three in Oklahoma County, a male and female in the 50-64 age group and another male older than 65, one in Canadian County, a male older than 65, one in Muskogee, a male older than 65, and one in Wagoner County, a male older than 65.

By the end of Monday, the state received more than 60 percent of its personal protective equipment (PPE) order from the federal government’s Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), and the state expects to be at 100 percent in the next couple of days.

The order included items such as gloves, gowns, face/ eye protection, N95 and surgical masks.

Due to a continued national shortage, the state will reserve SNS for hospitals which have ICU beds and have persons under investigation for COVID-19 or patients with a positive test.

Gov. Stitt’s “Safer at Home” order for all 77 counties includes no gatherings of more than 10 people and those age 65 or older or those with compromised immune systems must shelter at home until April 30.