FOR RELEASE: December 21, 2020 MEDIA CONTACT: Anthony Triana atriana@saxum.com oklahoma.gov/covid19 COVID-19 Call Center: 2-1-1 STAY CONNECTED! #HealthyOklahoma     MEDIA QUESTIONS? Contact the Office of Communications (405) 271-5601 Communications@health.ok.gov Business Hours:  8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Creating a State of Health www.health.ok.gov    SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19 As of this advisory, there are 263,434 cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma.  3,381 is today's 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported. There are 6 additional deaths identified to report. Two in Cleveland County, two females in the 65 or older age group. One in Grady County, one male in the 65 or older age group. Three in Pottawatomie County, one female in the 50-64 age group, one female in the 65 or older age group and one male in the 65 or older age group. There are 2,218 total deaths in the state. Additional hospitalization data can be found in the Hospital Tiers report, published evenings Monday through Friday. For more information, visit https://oklahoma.gov/covid19.html.   COVID-19 Oklahoma Test Results Cases 263,434 *Total Cumulative Negative Specimens to Date (As of 12/18/20) 2,198,748 *Total Cumulative Number of Specimens to Date (As of 12/18/20) 2,455,624 Acute Care OSDH Licensed Facility Hospitalizations (As of 12/18/20) 1,571 Other Types of Facilities Hospitalizations (As of 12/18/20) 133 Total Cumulative Hospitalizations 15,358 Total Cumulative Deaths 2,218 *The total includes laboratory information provided to OSDH at the time of the report. As a result, counts are subject to change. Total counts may not reflect unique individuals.  ***The purpose of publishing aggregated statistical COVID-19 data through the OSDH Dashboard, the Executive Order Report, and the Weekly Epidemiology and Surveillance Report is to support the needs of the general public in receiving important and necessary information regarding the state of the health and safety of the citizens of Oklahoma. These resources may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be used in any way that would determine the identity of any reported cases. Data Source: Acute Disease Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health. *As of 2020-12-21 at 7:00 a.m. Detailed case statistics are published on the website. Click here for more information. ###  Back to Top                                                                                                                                                     Your Oklahoma State Department of Health Subscriptions:  Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe All | Contact the Health Department | Help This email was sent to stevenmagallanes520.nims@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Oklahoma State Department of Health · 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave. Suite 1702 Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406