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Oklahoma reports more than 4,100 new COVID-19 cases
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Updated: 1:49 PM CDT Aug 26, 2021
The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Thursday reported 4,152 new COVID-19 cases across the state, bringing the total cumulative number of the state’s positive cases to 539,074.According to the health department, 2,507 is Thursday’s 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported. Thursday’s total provisional death count, according to the CDC/NCHS, stands at 9,044. That’s 14 more deaths compared to the previous day’s update. Health officials reported that there are 21,584 total active cases and that the recent 3-day average hospitalizations stand at 1,607. Officials also reported that there are 64 pediatric hospitalizations. 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.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Thursday reported 4,152 new COVID-19 cases across the state, bringing the total cumulative number of the state’s positive cases to 539,074.
According to the health department, 2,507 is Thursday’s 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported.
Thursday’s total provisional death count, according to the CDC/NCHS, stands at 9,044. That’s 14 more deaths compared to the previous day’s update.
Health officials reported that there are 21,584 total active cases and that the recent 3-day average hospitalizations stand at 1,607. Officials also reported that there are 64 pediatric hospitalizations.
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.
