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Experts with the Healthier Oklahoma Coalition on Tuesday discussed the fact that COVID-19 cases are still rising in Oklahoma as testing declines and as the Delta variant makes its way through the Sooner State. Statewide, we re sitting around 6.4% positivity, but, again, in the face of dramatically reduced testing, said Dr. David Kendrick, CEO of MyHealth Access Network and the department chair of medical informatics at the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine.Officials with the Healthier Oklahoma Commission said they see an upward trend in COVID-19 cases in the last few weeks as testing declines. Those are days when we were testing thousands a day. Now, we re on the order of hundreds a day test results coming in, and so a higher percentage of those are positive, Kendrick said.Dr. Dale Bratzer, the chief COVID-19 officer with OU Health, said he s concerned about the Delta variant, which he said is more transmissible and dangerous, especially for those unvaccin ....
Experts Say Virus Trends Encouraging, But Caution Against Loosening Restrictions Too Soon publicradiotulsa.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from publicradiotulsa.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
COVID-19 becomes Tulsa County's fourth-leading cause of death as public health officials urge safe holiday gatherings tulsaworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tulsaworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In only 10 months, COVID-19 became the fourth-leading cause of death for Tulsa County residents on Tuesday when the death toll was overlaid on the list of 2018âs top mortality causes, according to the Tulsa Health Department. The department used 2018 for its novel coronavirus comparison because 2018 is the most recent year for which county mortality data are finalized. âThis virus is very real,â wrote Bruce Dart, the Health Departmentâs executive director, in a statement. âIt is imperative that we take an effective, fact-based approach to stopping this pandemic now. âThe three Wâs â wearing a mask, watching your distance and washing your hands â continue to remain paramount to keep ourselves and those we care about safe and around for many more holidays to come.â ....
Pool photo by Mike Simons / Tulsa World As more and more Oklahoma health care workers receive the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the state this week, medical leaders say providers confidence in their safety is increasing. LaWanna Halstead, vice president for quality and clinical initiatives at the Oklahoma Hospital Association, said on a weekly Zoom press conference organized by the Healthier Oklahoma Coalition on Tuesday that somewhere between 30% and 45% of eligible hospital staff are currently scheduling their shots, up from around 24% who said they d be eager to receive the vaccine six or eight weeks ago. The effect was because they did not know about the [phase three] trials, Halstead said. Since that s come out, it has really boosted people s confidence. I think that health care workers being, basically, scientific people can see that this is a safe vaccine, and that they are confident that these multi-thousands of people who have been tested have had ....