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COVID-19 Update as of Aug. 2, 2020

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Osage News

Photo caption: Image by Oklahoma State Department of Health

The Osage News is providing a weekly summary of COVID-19 data compiled by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

According to the OSDH, Oklahoma has a total of 38,225 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus. This is an increase of 6,940 individuals in the past week.

As of Aug. 2, 550 individuals have died, which is an increase of 54 deaths in the state in the past week. Osage County has a total of 11 deaths since March and a total of 309 recoveries. The city of Hominy also had its second death due to the virus this past week.

The OSDH provides free COVID-19 testing at 80 locations throughout Oklahoma and encourages everyone to get tested. An interactive map of testing sites can be found by clicking here.

The News has pulled data to reflect the situation of the virus spread within Osage County, its towns and surrounding cities frequented by Osage County residents, such as Tulsa, Ponca City and Bartlesville. 

Below is data from the latest OSDH COVID-19 Report as of Aug. 2, 2020.

Confirmed active cases by City as of Aug. 2, 2020
Tulsa – 856                              +31 cases in one week                       

Owasso – 54                           -6 cases in one week  
Ponca City – 32                       +3 cases in one week
Skiatook – 22                          +10 cases in one week           
Bartlesville – 19                      -4 cases in one week                                      
Hominy – 2                              -4 cases in one week              
Sperry – 9                                +4 cases in one week             
Cleveland – 6                         no changes     
Barnsdall – 1                           no changes                            
Pawhuska – 7                          +5 cases in one week             
Fairfax – 3                               -2 cases in one week              

Deaths by City as of Aug. 2, 2020
Tulsa – 76                                +9 deaths in one week                                  

Bartlesville – 37                      no new deaths                        
Skiatook – 7                            no new deaths
Ponca City – 8                         +1 death in one week                        
Cleveland – 3                         no new deaths
Barnsdall – 2                           no new deaths
Owasso – 2                              no new deaths
Sperry – 1                                no new deaths
Hominy – 2                              +1 death in one week
Pawhuska – 0                          no deaths       
Fairfax – 0                               no deaths

Oklahoma Total Cases by Race as of Aug. 2, 2020
White – 55.09%

Unknown – 20.90%
American Indian or Alaska Native – 8.66%
Black or African American – 6.87%
Asian or Pacific Islander alone – 4.58%
Multiple Races/Other – 3.90%

Oklahoma Total Cases by Age Group
18-35               35.70%

36-49               21.77%
50-64               17.75%
65+                  13.79%
05-17               8.67%
00-04               2.32%
UNK                 0.00%

To view more data for the state of Oklahoma, visit: https://coronavirus.health.ok.gov/


Original Publish Date: 2020-08-02 00:00:00

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