The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports that Washita County’s number of positive COVID-19 cases has continued to climb through the past week.
The total number testing positive in the county is now 274. It was 220 a week ago, an increase of 54 over last week. Two weeks ago the number was 195 and three weeks ago it was 181.
On Aug. 21, the number of people testing positive in Washita County stood at 37.
Of the 220 positive cases, 195 have recovered, the OSDH said.
Cordell has reported 79 positive cases, the most in the county. Of those, 49 have recovered. Last week there were 54 positive cases. Of those, 47 had recovered.
The Cordell Christian Home confirmed on its Facebook page that three residents tested positive for Covid-19.
“On Sunday, Cordell Christian Home discovered that three residents were positive for COVID,” a post on its page stated. “As the safety and well-being of the residents and staff members is our foremost priority, we immediately isolated the residents to ensure essential medical treatment, and notified the appropriate agencies of the discovery. We also notified each resident and/ or resident representative of the findings. Additionally, we are also working closely with state officials to determine that all necessary steps are taken.”
Burns Flat, which had, 40 a week ago, now has 45, the second highest number in the county. Of those, 39 have recovered, OSDH said.
Burns Flat also has one of the reported deaths in the county.
Canute has 39, up from the 32 last week and Sentinel has 23. Of the 39 in Canute, 26 have recovered and 17 have recovered in Sentinel.
Other communities in Washita County reporting positive cases and the number recovered include: Dill City 13 and 11; Rocky 16 and 11.
Statewide as of Monday, 156,857 have tested positive, there have been 1,538 deaths and 126,162 who have recovered. Active cases stand at 29,157, the OSDH said.
Last week there were 138,455 testing positive, there had been 1,444 deaths and 116,882 had recovered. There were 20,129 active cases a week ago.
This week on Monday, the OSDH reported more than 2,729 new positive cases confirmed and 10 additional deaths.
The OSDH reports 1,653,500 have tested negative.