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Carter County on pace to record 5,000 COVID-19 cases by next week
The Daily Ardmoreite
COVID-19 continues to spread across Oklahoma as Carter County officially nears 5,000 total cases of the disease. Even as the average number of new daily cases statewide slowly drops from record highs after the holidays, deaths linked to the disease continue to be reported by the state health department at an alarming rate.
Oklahoma has recorded 379,110 total cases of COVID-19 after 2,686 new cases were recorded Wednsday, according to the OSDH COVID-19 dashboard. The number of deaths statewide climbed to 3,3388 after 65 new deaths were reported by OSDH.
Carter County has recorded 4,826 cases of the disease since March, including 37 new cases reported Wednesday. The seven-day average of new daily cases leveled off just over 40 after a steep drop from over 130, according to OSDH data compiled by The Ardmoreite.