COVID in Oklahoma tracker: Updates on new cases, deaths, vaccines for June 2021 Staff reports
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The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 124 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. The state s cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases during the pandemic stands at 454,094, to date, according to the health department.
The health department on Wednesday reported two additional COVID-19 deaths, based on provisional deaths as tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The state s death toll stands at 8,502.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The state could begin implementing the second phase of its COVID-19 vaccination plan as early as next week, the state health commissioner said.
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Health leader expects 175,000 vaccinations by year’s end
Long-term care facility resident Frances Wantland receives the first COVID-19 vaccination for Oklahoma nursing home residents and staff members at The Lodge at Brookline in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. (Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman via AP)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma health officials could begin vaccinating people in the second phase of the state’s distribution plan as early as next week and expect nearly 175,000 high-risk Oklahomans to be vaccinated by the end of the year, the state’s health commissioner said Tuesday.
Dr. Lance Frye said about 21,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine have already been distributed to front-line health care workers in all 77 counties since last week, and the first shipments of the newly approved Moderna vaccine started arriving in the state on Monday.