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Oklahoma Hits 6,800 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Since March

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The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported on Wednesday 113 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the state's total number of confirmed cases to 6,805.

The state's rolling, seven-day average of new cases has crept up over the past several days since hitting a low of 65.4 on Saturday. It now stands at 82.3.

Two deaths that happened between May 28 and Sunday were also reported, bringing the total number dead from COVID-19 to 341 since March 18. Both deaths were men 65 or older.

At least 181 deaths have been in nursing homes.

As of Thursday, 1,003 people had been hospitalized for the illness, and 136 were currently hospitalized.

The health department reported 112 patients as recovered on Wednesday, bringing the total number of Oklahomans considered to have recovered from COVID-19 to 5,711. Patients are considered recovered if they did not die, are not currently hospitalized and it has been at least 14 days since they began experiencing symptoms.

Symptoms of COVID-19, however, have been known to linger for several weeks.

Oklahoma currently has 753 known, active cases of COVID-19.

The health department reported 209,286 specimens have been tested for COVID-19. That would give the state a positive test rate of under 3.3%.

Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.
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