03/28/2020
2020 Media Advisory
FOR RELEASE:
March 27, 2020
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Jamie Dukes
Public Information Manager
Office of Communications
(405) 271-5601
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SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19
As of this advisory, there are 322 positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. New counties with cases include Caddo, Cherokee, Choctaw, Latimer and Pittsburg counties. These counties will now be required to come into compliance with Governor Kevin Stitt's "Safer at Home" executive order that calls for non-essential businesses in counties with COVID-19 cases to temporarily suspend services until April 16.
There was an additional death in Oklahoma, a male in his 70s in Creek County. There are eight total deaths in the state.
Governor Kevin Stitt, Secretary of Science and Innovation Dr. Kayse Shrum, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Jerome Loughridge will hold a press conference later today to discuss the state's new COVID-19 testing supply that arrived Thursday as well as the state's expanding capacity to process thousands of COVID-19 tests per day.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is evaluating the data obtained from the satellite testing sites and will continue to provide updates on the progress of additional sites opening in the coming days.
With the number of cases rising each day, the OSDH urges the public to follow the Governor's "Safer at Home" executive order advising vulnerable populations and those over the age of 65 to stay home until April 16 and for non-essential businesses in counties with COVID-19 cases to temporarily suspend services until April 16. The CDC also recommends the public to stay home, practice social distancing, hand washing, and specifically for those who are sick to isolate for up to 14 days.
· For more information, visit coronavirus.health.ok.gov.
COVID-19 Oklahoma Test Results
Positive (In-State)
322
Positive (Out-of-State)
2
Negative*
1,084
Hospitalizations
105
Deaths
8
*Negative testing results are only from the State Public Health Laboratory and do not include private laboratory negative results.
COVID-19 Cases by Testing Laboratory
Laboratory
Cases
Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma
55
State Public Health Laboratory
113
Other
154
TOTAL
322
COVID-19 Cases by Age Group
Age Group, Years
Cases
Deaths
00-04
3
0
05-17
5
0
18-35
54
0
36-49
64
1
50-64
81
2
65+
115
5
Total
322
8
Age Range: 0-95 years
Median age: 58
COVID-19 Cases by Gender
Gender
Cases
Deaths
Female
165
2
Male
157
6
Total
322
8
COVID-19 Cases by County
County
Cases
Deaths
Adair
3
0
Bryan
1
0
Caddo
1
0
Canadian
11
0
Carter
1
0
Cherokee
1
0
Choctaw
1
0
Cleveland
39
3
Comanche
6
0
Craig
1
0
Creek
14
1
Custer
3
0
Delaware
2
0
Garvin
2
0
Grady
2
0
Jackson
1
0
Kay
17
0
Latimer
1
0
Lincoln
3
0
Logan
3
0
Mayes
2
0
McClain
2
0
Muskogee
5
0
Noble
3
0
Oklahoma
94
2
Okmulgee
2
0
Osage
5
0
Ottawa
1
0
Pawnee
14
1
Payne
7
0
Pittsburg
2
0
Pontotoc
2
0
Pottawatomie
2
0
Sequoyah
1
0
Stephens
1
0
Tulsa
49
1
Wagoner
8
0
Washington
9
0
Total
322
8
*Community spread is defined as the spread of an illness for which the source of infection is unknown. For purposes of our COVID-19 reporting, we are highlighting the counties that contain a positive case.
Data Source: Acute Disease Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health.
*As of 2020-03-27 at 7:00 a.m.
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ATTENTION: All test results conducted through the OSDH public health laboratory are sent to the ordering physician or submitting clinical facility. Results will not be provided by phone, nor will the status of the pending test be advised by phone. If test results are positive, public health official...