Tuesday's top stories:
• With some hospital ICUs at capacity due to a crush of COVID patients in Oklahoma, the state health department says hospitalizations are at a "worrying" but "manageable" level.
• While Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum has indicated there are no current plans for a return to the city's mandatory mask ordinance, some cities in the region, like St. Louis, are reimplementing such mandates.
• Gov. Kevin Stitt is in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan for a trip meant to "promote and expand Oklahoma’s strategic partnerships with Azerbaijan."
