The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported on Tuesday 1,364 new cases of COVID-19, pushing the state's total to 93,346.
Tuesday's case total was the second-highest to date. The state added 1,401 cases on July 27. While the state reported more than 1,700 on one day earlier in July, that included a backlog of more than 800 cases from previous days.
Tulsa County had 233 of Tuesday's cases, the most since 254 on Aug. 8. Its total now stands at 18,182, second to Oklahoma County's 19,307.
The state's seven-day average of new cases, which shows the trend in infections, rose from 970 to 1,018. On Sunday, it dropped below 1,000 for the first time in more than two weeks. The average peaked at 1,136 on Sept. 25.
Tulsa County's seven-day average rose from 135 to 139. It has stayed between 115 and 160 since mid-August.
The state health department reported 11 deaths, with none in the past 24 hours. Three adults between 50 and 64 years old died, including a Tulsa County man and woman. The other eight people who died were 65 or older. Since March 18, COVID-19 has officially killed 1,066 Oklahomans, 171 of them in Tulsa County.
There were 699 Oklahomans hospitalized for COVID-19 on Monday, 44 more than at the end of last week and the most to date. Of those hospitalized Monday, 611 had positive coronavirus tests. Overall, 228 Oklahomans hospitalized for COVID-19 were in intensive care units, unchanged from Friday.
The Tulsa Health Department reported 262 residents hospitalized as of Friday and Saturday, a new high. Local hospitalization numbers change frequently based on new data. Tulsa County hospitalizations have trended up overall since the first week of June.
Over the course of the pandemic, 6,816 Oklahomans have been hospitalized for COVID-19.
As of Monday, the state reported 15% of its adult ICU beds were available.
The state health department reported an additional 1,064 patients as recovered on Tuesday, bringing the total to 79,219. Patients are considered to have recovered if they did not die, are not currently hospitalized and it has been at least 14 days since their symptoms began. Symptoms have been reported to linger for several weeks for some individuals.
The state has 13,061 active cases of COVID-19, 289 more than the day before. The state hit a new high in active cases Sept. 28 with 13,379.
Tulsa County reported 152 additional patients as recovered, bringing the total to 16,257. The county has 1,754 active cases, 79 more than the day before.
The state's reported overall positive test rate remained at 8.1% on Monday. Out of 32,219 tests reported on Monday, 7.4% were positive. Each positive test does not necessarily represent a unique individual.
The state also reports its cumulative positive test rate, a metric used by Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. It is calculated by dividing the number of cases by the number of negative tests plus the number of cases. As of Monday, that rate was 7.2%, unchanged from Friday.
Johns Hopkins uses the different rate to compare states that may track testing differently. It notes the ideal way to calculate the positivity rate is dividing the number of people who test positive by the number of people who are tested, which is how Oklahoma's overall rate is calculated.
The World Health Organization's benchmark indicating adequate testing is a 5% positive test rate.
