The number of people in Washita County testing positive for COVID-19 stands at 46 and that’s an increase of only six in the last 3 ½ weeks. These are the numbers as provided by the Oklahoma State Health Department through Monday of this week.
The number of positives a week ago stood at 43, so there have been only three more testing positive in the county in the past week.
There have been no deaths in the county attributed to the Coronavirus, the OSDH reports. Of the 46 cases, 39 have recovered, OSDH said.
Cordell has reported 12 positive cases, the most in the county. Of those, 10 have recovered.
Burns Flat still has recorded the second highest total number of positive cases with 11 and all 11 have recovered.
Other communities in Washita County reporting positive cases and the number recovered include: Dill City 5 and 5; Sentinel 4 and 4; Canute 3 and 2; Rocky 1 and 1.
Statewide the number of positive cases has climbed to 70, 223. There have been 905 deaths attributed to the virus, the OSHD said. That number was 64,520 a week ago with 853 reported deaths caused by the virus at that time, according to OSDH.
There are 10,311 active cases throughout the state as of Monday and that number was 9,953 at the same time a week ago. There have been 59,007 who have recovered from the virus in Oklahoma, up from the 53,414 last week.