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OSDH reporting 249 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday

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The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 249 new COVID-19 cases statewide on Wednesday, April 28. This puts Oklahoma’s overall total of COVID-19 cases to 447,642.

OSDH is reporting that the 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases is 240.

A total of 13 additional deaths were documented since Tuesday, putting the CDC provisional death toll for Oklahoma at 8,243.

Kay County has seen 15 new COVID-19 cases and one new death since the last update, putting the county at 5,305 cases, 126 deaths and 5,052 recoveries. Kay County currently has 127 active COVID-19 cases, which is an increase of nine since Tuesday. Data for Kay County communities is posted below:

Data for Kay County communities is posted below:

 

PONCA CITY – 3,887 COVID-19 cases/81 deaths/3,722 recoveries

BLACKWELL – 680 COVID-19 cases/27 deaths/623 recoveries

NEWKIRK – 437 COVID-19 cases/6 deaths/421 recoveries

TONKAWA – 374 COVID-19 cases/15 deaths/353 recoveries

KAW CITY – 63 COVID-19 cases/3 deaths/60 recoveries

BRAMAN – 24 COVID-19 cases/1 death/22 recoveries

 

 

Posted below is data for local counties outside of Kay County:

PAYNE – 8,653 COVID-19 cases/71 deaths/8,449 recoveries

GARFIELD – 7,782 COVID-19 cases/128 deaths/7,486 recoveries

OSAGE – 4,681 COVID-19 cases/73 deaths/4,494 recoveries

PAWNEE – 1,777 COVID-19 cases/48 deaths/1,688 recoveries

NOBLE – 1,377 COVID-19 cases/19 deaths/1,316 recoveries

GRANT – 549 COVID-19 cases/7 deaths/534 recoveries

 

According to OSDH, 1,284 recoveries were documented Wednesday as Oklahoma’s recovery total is now at 430,095. 183 hospitalizations were also documented to put the hospitalization total to 25,877. Go to coronavirus.health.ok.gov to learn more.

In terms of COVID-19 vaccines, a total of 2,632,963 doses have been administered. This includes 1,216,951 prime doses given and 985,364 completed series. Learn more about vaccines in Oklahoma by going to vaccinate.oklahoma.gov. All Oklahomans are eligible to receive the vaccine.