To date, the Tulsa Health Department (THD) has confirmed 6,856 positive COVID-19 cases in Tulsa County. 5,740 residents have recovered and 89 have lost their lives. Data and trends are updated at www.tulsa-health.org/COVID19.
We continue to see increases in new cases compared to the previous week, especially in the under 50 population with the average age around 37 and accounting for 75% of all cases. The spike can largely be attributed to more people becoming lax on following CDC and THD best practices. Mask wearing, social distancing and frequent sanitation efforts remain the top way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our area.
THD has noticed these trends for the week of July 12-18:
- We saw the largest increase in cases for those age 5 – 17, with over 18% increase compared to the previous week
- The group we saw the second largest increase in cases was the 0 – 4 age group, with an almost 12% increase compared to the previous week
- While we had a decrease in hospitalizations last week, we saw an increase in deaths.
- The average age of those hospitalized also decreased.
- 34% of all hospitalizations are in people under age 50
- 71% of new cases in Tulsa County were residents of Tulsa, and 13% were residents of Broken Arrow.
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