Dec 24, 2020
Economy Recovery Task Force officials discussed case numbers and the vaccine during a Thursday, Dec. 17 meeting.
Ward 4 Tahlequah City Councilor Trae Ratliff said Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Todd Enlow told him Cherokee Nation Health Services is at capacity, with nowhere to send patients. All ICU beds are full, some Urgent Care beds have been converted to ICU beds, Ratliff said. Two days ago, there was nowhere to transfer patients within 400 miles.
Northeastern Health System will be getting 400 doses of the COVID vaccine for frontline workers.
Ratliff said all 77 counties in Oklahoma are in the red category, and cases continue showing an upward trend.
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