The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported on Tuesday, 1,164 new cases of COVID-19, pushing the state's total to 79,072.
Tulsa County had 173 of Tuesday's cases. Its total now stands at 16,207, second to Oklahoma County's 16,961.
The state's seven-day average of new cases, which shows the trend in infections, rose from 1,098 to 1,108, a new high for the second day in a row. The average has now increased 10 straight days and is up 326 in that time.
The state's seven-day average hit 1,093 on Aug. 1, before the state started including positive antigen tests in its case totals. The average had fallen to 645 by late August.
Tulsa County's seven-day average rose from 119 to 121.
The state health department reported 14 deaths, with three in the past 24 hours. Two men between 36 and 49 years old, one man between 50 and 64 years old, and 11 adults 65 or older died. Since March 18, COVID-19 has officially killed 962 Oklahomans.
One Tulsa County resident was among the deaths reported Tuesday. The county has lost 153 residents to COVID-19.
There were 628 Oklahomans hospitalized for COVID-19 on Monday, the most since early August and 106 more than on Friday. Of those hospitalized Monday, 552 had positive coronavirus tests. Overall, 244 Oklahomans hospitalized for COVID-19 were in intensive care units, 22 more than on Friday.
The Tulsa Health Department reported 251 residents hospitalized as of Saturday, a new high. Local hospitalization numbers change frequently based on new data. Tulsa County hospitalizations have been trending up overall since the first week of June.
Over the course of the pandemic, 5,996 Oklahomans have been hospitalized for COVID-19.
As of Monday, the state reported 19% of its adult ICU beds were available.
The state health department reported an additional 541 patients as recovered on Tuesday, bringing the total to 65,482. 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 12,628 active cases of COVID-19, 609 more than the day before and a new high for a second straight day.
Tulsa County reported 76 additional patients as recovered, bringing the total to 14,562. The county has 1,488 active cases, 96 more than the day before.
The state's reported overall positive test rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 8.1%. Out of 30,576 tests reported on Monday, 11.3% were positive. Each positive test does not necessarily represent a unique individual.
The state has also started reporting 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 7.1%.
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.
