April 20, 2020
By News Director Jared Atha
Three additional cases in the area due to COVID-19.
According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s daily report, Greer County is reporting 2 additional cases, bringing the total to 57, and Custer County is up to 10 cases of the virus, up 1 when compared to Sunday.
Locally, other counties in the area remain the same with Jackson County still with 6 confirmed cases, Kiowa County with 3, and Beckham County with 2.
Washita and Roger Mills Counties are still without a case.
Statewide, Oklahoma has 2,680 cumulative cases of COVID-19, and increase of 81 cases when compared to Sunday, and an additional 3 deaths bringing the state’s death count to 143.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health is pulling back the curtain a little more by providing more details of what communities have been hit hard by the virus. Mangum appears to be the lone community in Greer County with all 57 cases coming from that town. However, the department is also reporting that of those 57 cases, 38 have since recovered. In Custer County, Weatherford has 8 of the 10 cases, with Clinton having the other 2. In Beckham County 1 case a piece is being reported in Elk City and Sayre, and in Jackson County, Altus is home to all 6 cases. In Kiowa County, Hobart is reporting 2 cases, with Mountain View reporting 1.
According to Governor Kevin Stitt, the number of total people in the hospital with confirmed COVID-19 cases or persons under investigation continues to trend downward. The number of hospitalizations peaked at 560 people on March 30 and has been trending down for the past two in a half weeks. There are currently 325 people in the hospital with a confirmed case or with symptoms that are waiting on test results to come back.
For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.
