Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[C_M_25]

Ok folks. We’re past the easy holiday for the rest of the year. We have started the Thanksgiving planning discussion last night. All of our families are in Oklahoma in rural areas. Sooo....

How are you guys handling thanksgiving this year?

[BoulderSooner]

Ok folks. We’re past the easy holiday for the rest of the year. We have started the Thanksgiving planning discussion last night. All of our families are in Oklahoma in rural areas. Sooo....

How are you guys handling thanksgiving this year?

we are having it with close family which will put it around 15 instead of the usual 35-40

[Bill Robertson]

Ok folks. We’re past the easy holiday for the rest of the year. We have started the Thanksgiving planning discussion last night. All of our families are in Oklahoma in rural areas. Sooo....

How are you guys handling thanksgiving this year?

We've never had a close extended family. Just the core. Since mom reached a point a couple years ago that she doesn't know when we're there or not we just stopped having a family Thanksgiving at all. So my wife and I get a small turkey breast and small versions of all the other stuff we like and I make us a Thanksgiving feast for 2.

[Jesseda]

wow cases today over 2,000 smh

[jerrywall]

wow cases today over 2,000 smh

I can't even any more. I feel like it will take everyone marching on the capitol to get our leaders to take the measures they need to at this point (which would turn into it's own super spreader event). I'm terrified what December is going to look like, especially after the Thanksgiving bump.

[Pete]

2,101 (!!) new cases today; 7-day rolling average 1,383, an all-time high.

21 more deaths, the 2nd highest one-day total ever. 7-day rolling average 15.3, an all-time high.

Hospitalizations 1,055 (+29) an all-time high.

ICU 337 (-12) down from yesterday's all-time high.

[C_M_25]

2,101 (!!) new cases today; 7-day rolling average 1,383, an all-time high.

21 more deaths, the 2nd highest one-day total ever. 7-day rolling average 15.3, an all-time high.

Hospitalizations 1,055 (+29) an all-time high.

ICU 337 (-12) down from yesterday's all-time high.

This is not good at all.

I’m really really hoping some of this is backlogged testing that built up during the ice storm.

[oklip955]

If this keeps up, we will be ove 3000 per day at the end of the month . Maybe sooner.

[Pete]

112,000 new cases in the U.S. today, another record.

We'll probably break the 10,000,000 mark tomorrow.

[Bunty]

As of Nov. 4th, the entire COVID unit at Stillwater Regional Hospital was full. So were all 7 of regular ICU beds. At the same time daily case totals in Stillwater have returned to double digit levels. My guess it is caused by the bars being packed on weekend nights. The new makeshift patios near the entrance to a couple of bars don't appear to be popular for hanging out.

Today, during a visit to the Stillwater east side Wal-Mart, I was surprised to see six people not wearing masks. Before everybody was. I think the virus is going to have to mutate so bad that people start dropping in the streets from it before it can be taken more seriously.

[Pete]

1,878 (!) new cases today, second only to yesterday. 1,465 7-day rolling average is an all-time high.

16 additional deaths; 14.7 7-day average slightly down from yesterday's all-time high.

Hospitalizations 1,025 (-30) down from yesterday's all-time high.

ICU is 326 (-11); high was 349 2 days ago.

[Edmond Hausfrau]

Maybe hospitals should start telling patients to take "personal responsibility" if they get a secondary infection post-surgery or procedure. Because clearly "personal responsibility" is working wonders with a statewide viral outbreak.
(Sarcastic comment, just soooo frustrated)

[TheTravellers]

Maybe hospitals should start telling patients to take "personal responsibility" if they get a secondary infection post-surgery or procedure. Because clearly "personal responsibility" is working wonders with a statewide viral outbreak.
(Sarcastic comment, just soooo frustrated)

Ha, I said the same thing about 7000 posts ago, I know, it's ridiculous and insane.

https://www.okctalk.com/showthread.p...52#post1112652

[Pete]

123,000+ new cases today in the U.S. We've now passed the 10 million mark.


Deaths are also starting to trend up as there were 1,180 today.

[Bunty]

As of Nov. 6, no ICUs available in the covid unit at Stillwater Regional Hospital. Overall, though, pressure is a little lower.

[GoOKC1991]

4,741 new cases. But hey, keep sitting on your hands Stitt!

[Libbymin]

They're saying that some of this is backlog and likely includes some duplicates which will be corrected in tomorrow's count.

[Bill Robertson]

They're saying that some of this is backlog and likely includes some duplicates which will be corrected in tomorrow's count.

There's also a few people on Oklahoma Source saying they were given negative results then contacted by OSDH and being asked about their positive result. So it's possible today's number could be way off.

[FighttheGoodFight]

Governor Stitt statement again is the same. Maybe if he keeps trying the exact same thing it will finally work!

[Bill Robertson]

Governor Stitt statement again is the same. Maybe if he keeps trying the exact same thing it will finally work!

I just really don't understand why some level of trying to do something wouldn't work. Mandate masks statewide. Ok, even if it truly is unenforceable it might send a message to some people. Go back to the March "shut down" which didn't shut down everything. Maybe make one adjustment to let restaurants keep dining with limited capacity. Just at least do something.

[SouthOfTheVillage]

Yeah, the bars and restaurants definitely need to slow their roll. This is an unacceptable level of cases, especially heading into the High Holidays. This could end up getting very bad. Not that it hasn’t already been bad.

[Pete]

Holt was the one that restricted bars and restaurants before...

Even before today we averaged nearly 1,500 cases over the last week and setting records in terms of hospitalizations, ICU and deaths.

Why no action???

[Bill Robertson]

Holt was the one that restricted bars and restaurants before...

Even before today we averaged nearly 1,500 cases over the last week and setting records in terms of hospitalizations, ICU and deaths.

Why no action???

Yeah, you're right. So at least OKC and Tulsa could tighten up if not statewide. But I'd rather see it statewide. In fact nationwide because every state has horrible numbers right now.

[SEMIweather]

Holt was the one that restricted bars and restaurants before...

Even before today we averaged nearly 1,500 cases over the last week and setting records in terms of hospitalizations, ICU and deaths.

Why no action???

No federal aid coming anytime soon this time around. I just moved back to OKC from Denver, which has had more restrictions than OKC since the start of the outbreak, but is currently rolling up more than 400 cases per day, which is even worse than OKC. In response, they've put a whole bunch of half measures in place, but still won't shut down indoor dining, because they don't want to kill what's left of their restaurant industry. Things are going to get bad. (well...they're already bad, but they're going to keep getting worse)

[SEMIweather]

On a side note...I grabbed a burger and some onion rings at Sid's in El Reno today. While I was in the drive-thru, I could see that the inside of the restaurant was jam-packed to the point where people were waiting for tables to open up. Meanwhile...there was no one eating outdoors at the picnic tables to the south of the restaurant, even though it was a beautiful 75 degree day outside. I just don't get it.