OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 44 new deaths and 3,907 new COVID-19 cases.Statewide, there have been 2,848 coronavirus deaths and 341,364 positive case
The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Thursday reported 3,142 new COVID-19 cases across the state, bringing the total cumulative number of the state’s positive cases to 344,506.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The state school superintendent is among Oklahoma educators who oppose Gov. Kevin Stitt’s waiver of a mandatory quarantine for public school students, teachers and staff who.
State steps in with veteran center vaccinations By: Whitney Bryen Oklahoma Watch January 11, 2021
Pam Valdez, a nurse at a veterans center in Lawton, receives the COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 9. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
LAWTON – COVID-19 vaccines are being administered at Oklahoma’s veteran centers because state health officials said the federal program responsible for vaccinating long-term care residents and staff is moving too slowly.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Friday took back 2,500 vaccines it had given to CVS for long-term care residents and brought them to veteran centers in Lawton, Claremore, Ardmore, Clinton, Norman and Sulphur. CVS and Walgreens are contracted by the federal government to vaccinate those most vulnerable to the virus.