Covid-19 News and Information

[Bill Robertson]

I know I'm the eternal optimist. But even with the increases the last two weeks we're right at half the 7 day average of the same day a year ago. And with many more venues, businesses etc. open and at full capacity than a year ago. There is hope!

[Bill Robertson]

Revised data. New cases today 1711 not 3003.

[Pete]

Revised data. New cases today 1711 not 3003.

That makes the weekly total 9,634 compared to the last several weeks: 6,199; 5,621; 5,869; 4,522; 4,231.


7-day average 1,376.

[Bill Robertson]

Better. If the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly data I have to submit to the govt was a consistently glitched as this data I would have been fired LONG ago.

[soonermike81]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...-blood-clots-/

[Pete]

The daily numbers this week were all over the place so not sure how reliable, but here are weekly totals as of Friday:


5,852 new cases. Last several weeks 9,634; 6,199; 5,621; 5,869; 4,522; 4,231.

Hospitalizations are 722. Last several Fridays: 616; 552; 465; 449; 417; 423.

ICU is 226; last several Fridays: 196, 158, 150, 148, 133, 143.

[TheTravellers]

Two interesting articles, one not-so-good, one maybe-really-great.

There's a giant, mysterious gap in the omicron variant's family tree

US Army Creates Single Vaccine Against All COVID & SARS Variants, Researchers Say

[soonerguru]

Get your boosters and mask up for a couple of months.

[Pete]

For the week ending Friday (today):


8,304 new cases. Last several weeks: 5,852; 9,634; 6,199; 5,621; 5,869; 4,522.

126 additional reported deaths. Last several weeks: 152; 72; 152; 75, 139; 152.

Hospitalizations today are 750. Last several Fridays: 722; 616; 552; 465; 449; 417.

ICU today is 228. Last several Fridays: 226; 196; 171; 150; 148; 140.

[Pete]

2,443 new cases today.

For the 4-day period starting Saturday, there have been 5,823 next cases. Last several weeks for the same period: 3,894; 4,286; 5,313; 2,706; 3,075; 3,126; 2,060.

Hospitalization is up to 806. Last Friday it was 750.

ICU is 242. Last Friday was 228.

[TheTravellers]

Report finds Oklahoma has the highest COVID death rate in the country in 2021

[David]

From: https://twitter.com/davidfholt/statu...07401703890951

We have not had access to COVID-19 case data in several weeks, but in this chapter of the pandemic, with a contagious strain & a (relatively) highly-vaxed population, it is probably best in any case to focus on hospital data as we assess the state of the virus in the OKC metro.

So even OKC itself doesn't have access to COVID-19 case data? We appear to be taking a see no evil hear no evil approach to pandemic control.

[Pete]

4,166 (!) new cases reported today.

That's the highest single-day total since August.

Hospitalizations are up to 846; highest since October 11th.

[Plutonic Panda]

I read somewhere the US set a daily record high for COVID cases. Is that true?

[LocoAko]

I read somewhere the US set a daily record high for COVID cases. Is that true?

Yes.

The NY Times has the 7-day average as 91 cases per 100k currently, beating the record last winter of 76.

Some of the case number graphs for various cities (DC, NY, etc) are just absurd. Totally vertical.

Troublingly, the mayor posted yesterday that he hasn't had access to OKC metro COVID numbers for a number of weeks now. How could that possibly be happening? Anyone know what is up? Totally unacceptable at this point of the pandemic. https://twitter.com/davidfholt/statu...07401703890951

[Plutonic Panda]

Yes.

The NY Times has the 7-day average as 91 cases per 100k currently, beating the record last winter of 76.

Some of the case number graphs for various cities (DC, NY, etc) are just absurd. Totally vertical.

Troublingly, the mayor posted yesterday that he hasn't had access to OKC metro COVID numbers for a number of weeks now. How could that possibly be happening? Anyone know what is up? Totally unacceptable at this point of the pandemic. https://twitter.com/davidfholt/statu...07401703890951

That’s very concerning. I’m worried about my family who got the original shot but doesn’t want to get the booster. I swear I was about to lose my dad and Grampa but they got monoclonal treatment which seemed to help as they recovered days after getting it.

Now there’s a real possibility of running out by mid January:

https://okcfox.com/amp/newsletter-da...uary-says-osdh

[OKCretro]

I read somewhere the US set a daily record high for COVID cases. Is that true?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/u-...?ocid=msedgntp

this virus is not under control in any place in the US right now.

Fifteen states reported a record-high number of average daily infections: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington. Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., are also averaging more daily cases than ever.

[jn1780]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/u-...?ocid=msedgntp

this virus is not under control in any place in the US right now.

Fifteen states reported a record-high number of average daily infections: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington. Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., are also averaging more daily cases than ever.

Or the world for that matter, the pandemic will probably be over after this winter if deaths don't really spike here in a few weeks. Most of the population have some sort of immunity whether it be through vaccination or natural. Covid will just become the new dominate cold virus we deal with every winter.

[Roger S]

The Covid testing station at the Yukon Crest was slammed yesterday afternoon.

[soonerguru]

Went to the bowl game: we had N95 masks on but 95% of the fans in attendance had no masks at all ����. Adding holidays it will be a superspreader deluxe.

[PhiAlpha]

Went to the bowl game: we had N95 masks on but 95% of the fans in attendance had no masks at all ����. Adding holidays it will be a superspreader deluxe.

The game was in San Antonio and i probably saw 4 total masks in the 4 home games I made it to this year. Was the lack of masks at the Alamobowl really a shock?

Freaking awesome game though. Jealous that you were able to make it. Looked like a great time. Hope you all had a good trip.

[PoliSciGuy]

Also worth noting that only few types of monoclonals work against Omicron. It evades most others https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...828v1.full.pdf

[Pete]

3,974 new cases today.


For the week ending Friday:

14,728 new cases. Last several weeks: 8,304; 5,852; 9,634; 6,199; 5,621; 5,869; 4,522; 4,231; 5,021.

Hospitalizations 867. Last several Fridays: 750; 722; 616; 552; 456; 449 417.

ICU is 235. Last several Fridays: 228; 226; 196; 171; 150; 1458; 140.

[OKCRealtor]

Wow, when is the last time we had a 10k case week?

[Pete]

Wow, when is the last time we had a 10k case week?

End of September.

Our all-time high was 23K last January.