REMO THAN 140 NEW COVID-19 DEATHS REPORTED ACROSS OKLAHOMA, AND THISS I FRIDAY I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TONIGHT AT 5 O’CLOCK. I’M JESSICA SCHAMBACH. I’M EVAN ONSTOT THAT IS 144 MORE LIVES LOST TO THEIRUS V IN OUR STATE NEAYRL 6,000 NEW CASES REPORTED SINCE FRIDAY AS WELL KALE SALES. ABIGAIL OGLE IS HERE TO BREAK DOWN THOSE NUMBERS FOR US ABBY. 144 DEATHS, ALTHOUGH THAT NUMBER INCLUDES THREE DAYS OF REPORTS. IT'’ STILL ONE OF THE HIGHEST NUMBERS. WE HAVEEE SN, YOU KNOW EACH MONDAY THE REPORT THAT WE GET IS A CULMINATION OF A FEW DAYS. THE WEEKEND, SO I WANT TO SHOW YOUHE DEATH REPORTS FROM THE PASTEW F MONDAYS. YOU WILL SEE TODAY’S DEATH COUNT MUCH HIGHER THAN THE MONDAYS BEFORE YOU CAN COMPARE THIS ONE HERE COMPARED TODAY SEPMBTEER 20TH WITH AUGUST 23RD ABOUT A MONTH AGO. JUST 49 DEATHS THERE. I SPOKE TO OU HEALTH CHIEFF O INFECTIOUS DISEASES ABOUT THIS TREND WAS HE SURPRISED BY TODAY’S SPIKE? IT WAS HIGH AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WREHE GIVEN THE WAY THE DEATHS ARE REPORDTE OR RECORDED AND THEN REPORTED YOU EVENTUALLY SEE THESE BIG SPIKES, BUT IT WAS STILL A BIG NUMBER. OFTEN A CAN BE A TWO TO FOUR WEEK REPORTING TIME LAG BETWEEN THE PATIENT’S DEHAT AND WHEN A DEATH IS REPORDTE AS BEING CAUSED BY COVID-19. SO THAT’S WHY IT CAN BE QUITE LUMPY. AS HE SAID IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTEHA TT TODAY’S NUMBER 144 DEATHS DOES NOT MEAN THAT 144 PEOPLELL A DIED OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE OF COVID-19. THOSE ARE THE DEATHS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN ATTRIBUTED
COVID-19 deaths soar in Oklahoma; CDC reports 144 new deaths
Monday's number of 144 deaths does not mean 144 people died of COVID-19 over the weekend.
![KOCO logo]()
Updated: 5:28 PM CDT Sep 20, 2021
The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Monday reported 144 more COVID-19-related deaths and about 6,000 new cases since Friday's update.Although the latest number includes three days of reports, it's still one of the highest death tolls Oklahoma has seen for a Monday update. The report the state health department releases each Monday is a culmination of a few days, including the weekend. >> COVID-19 in Oklahoma: New cases, deaths, breakthrough cases, vaccination ratesThe death count from the most recent report is much higher than reports from previous Mondays. Almost a month ago, on Monday, Aug. 23, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 49 deaths.Dr. Douglas Drevets, OU Health's chief of infectious disease, spoke with KOCO 5 about Monday's number."It was high, and one of those things where – given the way deaths are reported, recorded then reported – you eventually see these big spikes. But it was still a big number," Drevets said. "Can be a two-to-four-week reporting time lag of the patient's death. And when a death is reported as being caused by COVID-19, that's why it can be lumpy."It's important to note that Monday's number of 144 deaths does not mean 144 people died of COVID-19 over the weekend. Those are deaths that have now been attributed to COVID-19 in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's provisional death count.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Monday reported 144 more COVID-19-related deaths and about 6,000 new cases since Friday's update.
Although the latest number includes three days of reports, it's still one of the highest death tolls Oklahoma has seen for a Monday update. The report the state health department releases each Monday is a culmination of a few days, including the weekend.
>> COVID-19 in Oklahoma: New cases, deaths, breakthrough cases, vaccination rates
The death count from the most recent report is much higher than reports from previous Mondays. Almost a month ago, on Monday, Aug. 23, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 49 deaths.
Dr. Douglas Drevets, OU Health's chief of infectious disease, spoke with KOCO 5 about Monday's number.
"It was high, and one of those things where – given the way deaths are reported, recorded then reported – you eventually see these big spikes. But it was still a big number," Drevets said. "Can be a two-to-four-week reporting time lag of the patient's death. And when a death is reported as being caused by COVID-19, that's why it can be lumpy."
It's important to note that Monday's number of 144 deaths does not mean 144 people died of COVID-19 over the weekend. Those are deaths that have now been attributed to COVID-19 in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's provisional death count.
