Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[soonerguru]

I would think that this long stretch of dangerously cold weather will lead to a reduction of new cases. It could be a real gift in disguise -- a week of people not mingling outside their homes.

On another positive note, I read a report from Johns Hopkins that in a typical flu season we have up to 800,000 cases of the flu, but in this recent season, from December to February, we have only had 925 cases total! Another silver lining for sure.

[PoliSciGuy]

We saw a jump in cases after the October ice storm. One way or another it's going to take a couple weeks to see what the impact was, as testing ramps back up and people can get out and actually get the test.

[Pete]

Only 508 cases today; 7-day rolling average down to 1,245.

20 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 27.3.


Updated hospitalization numbers will be out this evening.

[soonerguru]

We saw a jump in cases after the October ice storm. One way or another it's going to take a couple weeks to see what the impact was, as testing ramps back up and people can get out and actually get the test.

There was a jump after that, but that also included college and high school football games, a lot of students starting in-person learning, and Halloween.

We were forced to take risks we usually don't during the ice storm -- because we had no power for like 15 days. After four days of sitting in darkness, we moved to a hotel. Then, we ate at numerous restaurants during the outage period.

I imagine a lot of folks who lacked power stayed in homes that did.

This current situation doesn't involve massive power outages for multiple counties, just the short-term enforced outages by the power utilities.

So not at all an apples to apples comparison.

[Canoe]

Only 508 cases today; 7-day rolling average down to 1,245.

20 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 27.3.


Updated hospitalization numbers will be out this evening.

I like good news.

[soonerguru]

I like good news.

Me too! Plus, I have an appointment to get vaccinated on Monday! Feeling optimistic.

[Pete]

1.078 new cases today (how on earth did this many people even get tested in this weather??); 7-day rolling average 1,162.

28 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 27.0.

Hospitalizations are 711 (-44).

ICU is 202 (-27).

[FighttheGoodFight]

Seriously. How did that many people even get tested?

[DowntownMan]

Seriously. How did that many people even get tested?

The roads outside neighborhoods weren't that bad yesterday or Monday as highways were practically cleared if you got out of your neighborhood that is- today is probably the worst in terms of neighborhoods and highways.I expect lower number oof testing today.

[catch22]

Were those tests that were performed earlier but came back today? I know some tests can take a day or two to return.

[Thomas Vu]

Sorry for never reading more into this than I do, which really only is this thread, when did we catch up on the backlog of tests that we had?

[Pete]

618 new cases today; 7-day rolling average 1,011.

23 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 23.4.

Hospitalizations are 705 (-6).

ICU is 216 (+14).

[Bill Robertson]

Sorry for never reading more into this than I do, which really only is this thread, when did we catch up on the backlog of tests that we had?

Yes. Today had only 243 pending tests.

[silvergrove]

Neat tool to visualize the impact of vaccination on herd immunity (albeit in a very simplified manner): https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...nds-in-its-way

[Canoe]

618 new cases today; 7-day rolling average 1,011.

23 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 23.4.

Hospitalizations are 705 (-6).

ICU is 216 (+14).

At this rate we will be open by Easter. 😁

[Bill Robertson]

At this rate we will be open by Easter. ��

Don't get too excited yet. There were only a little over 4000 test results reported. They were doing 17 to 20+ thousand in Dec/Jan

[Pete]

869 new cases today; 7-day rolling average 932.

20 additional deaths; 7-day rolling average 24.7.

Hospitalizations are 663 (-42).

ICU is 199 (-17).

[Bill Robertson]

Yesterday the news release had 869 new cases. The EOR had 1396. The two numbers always match. I wonder why these didn't?

[Pete]

973 new cases today; 7-day rolling average 863.

23 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 23.0


The following numbers make no sense, but this is what was on the executive report:

Hospitalizations are 1,123 (+460).

ICU is 320 (+121).

[Bunty]

For a good thing, due to declining covid patient numbers, Stillwater Medical Center will no longer be publishing capacity numbers three times a week as pictured below from Friday. For another good thing, there were ZERO positive cases reported in Stillwater on Friday.

[catcherinthewry]

OK is in the top 10 for states in the number of cases/100,000, but in the bottom 10 for deaths /100,000. I don't expect there to be a 1:1 correlation, but this wide discrepancy has me puzzled. Any theories?

[Bill Robertson]

OK is in the top 10 for states in the number of cases/100,000, but in the bottom 10 for deaths /100,000. I don't expect there to be a 1:1 correlation, but this wide discrepancy has me puzzled. Any theories?

Maybe our medical system is doing an outstanding job? It would be nice to think that. But I have no idea if that's the case. I just looked at covidtracking.com and on there OK is 15th in cases per 100,000.

[Pete]

OK is in the top 10 for states in the number of cases/100,000, but in the bottom 10 for deaths /100,000. I don't expect there to be a 1:1 correlation, but this wide discrepancy has me puzzled. Any theories?

The huge majority of our cases came after the pandemic had already hit hard elsewhere.

By that time, they knew much more about the disease and how to treat it.

[mkjeeves]

And/or the population most likely to die learned how to protect themselves and did, while the ones who weren’t didn’t, or there was some other demographic issue at play.

[Pete]

And/or the population most likely to die learned how to protect themselves and did, while the ones who weren’t didn’t, or there was some other demographic issue at play.

Yes, after the New York debacle there were much stricter and smarter guidelines for nursing homes, for example.