County COVID-19 numbers steady vs. last week

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Washita County’s number of new positive COVID-19 cases is barely up over the past week, figures from the Oklahoma State Department of Health show.

The total number testing positive in the county is now 1,061. It was 1,057 a week ago, an increase of only four over last week. Two weeks ago the number was 1,054 and three weeks ago it stood at 1,050.

Of the 1,061 cases, 1,022 have recovered, the OSDH said.

Of the positive cases, Cordell has the most with 324. Of the 324, there have been 314 who have recovered. Last week there were 323 positive cases. Of those, 313 had recovered.

Burns Flat, which had 143 positive cases a week ago, has the same number again this week. It has the second highest number in the county. Of those, 138 have recovered, the OSDH said.

Burns Flat also has one of the reported deaths in the county.

Canute has 135. The number last week was 133. It has the third highest number in the county. Sentinel has 110. Of the 135 in Canute, 127 have recovered and 107 have recovered in Sentinel.

Sentinel also has one of the deaths in the county attributed to COVID-19, the OSDH reports.

Other communities in Washita County reporting positive cases and the number recovered include: Dill City 65 and 65; Rocky 37 and 36.

Statewide as of Monday, 432,793 people have tested positive, there have been 4,701 Oklahoma deaths and 416,227 who have recovered. Active cases stand at 11,865, the OSDH said.

Last week there were 429,162 testing positive, there had been 4,534 deaths and 412,590 had recovered. There were 12,038 active cases a week ago.

This week on Monday, the OSDH reported 310 new positive cases confirmed and 69 additional deaths.

The OSDH reports more than 3,207,804 people have tested negative.