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Oklahoma City, Okla. – The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) announced Thursday an upgrade to its COVID-19 data dashboard that now allows the public to view the historical number of active and recovered COVID-19 cases by county as well as the historical number of COVID-19 related deaths by county. This data set is now also available for download at coronavirus.health.ok.gov.

The new county data reflects the onset of the disease, including when a person starts experiencing symptoms or when a person tests positive for COVID-19. The data also offers Oklahomans an expanded historical view of the coronavirus’ impact in their communities.

“Our primary responsibility through this pandemic is to provide the most robust and accurate data possible to help public officials and Oklahomans make informed decisions impacting their health and safety,” Health Commissioner Gary Cox said. “We will continue to seek ways to expand the data we provide while learning and gaining valuable new insights as the situation develops.”

Visitors to the site can scroll to the bottom of the home page and select “OSDH District Breakout” to view the data. Scroll to the desired OSDH District, click on a county, then click on the ellipses (…) for expanded information.

Oklahoma was one of the first states to begin publishing daily on the dashboard the cumulative number of confirmed cases by city and zip code. The historical breakdown of active and recovered cases as well as the number of COVID-19 related deaths are not available beyond county level at this time.

Woods County is located in District 1 of the OSDH and includes ten counties: Woods, Harper, Beaver, Texas, Cimarron, Ellis, Woodward, Roger Mills, Dewey and Custer. As of May 7, the district has 344 confirmed cases, three deaths and 141 recovered.

Situation Update

The number of cases in Woods and adjoining counties has remained stable with four in Major, three in Woods and one each in Alfalfa, Harper and Woodward counties.

As of this advisory on May 7, there are 4,330 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma, an increase of 129 from May 6.

There are seven additional deaths; two of them occurred in the past 24 hours and the others died between April 20-May 5.

One in Cleveland County, a male in the 65 and older age group.

One in Delaware County, a male in the 65 and older age group.

Two in Wagoner County, a female in the 65 and older age group and a female in the 50-64 age group.

Three in Washington County, two males in the 65 and older age group and a female in the 50-64 age group.

There are 260 total deaths in the state.

Across the State’s 80+ COVID-19 testing sites, the state has collected over 3,700 specimens a day, on average, this week.

For more information, visit coronavirus.health.ok.gov.

COVID-19 Oklahoma Test Results

Confirmed Positive Cases 4,330

*Total Cumulative Negative Specimens to Date 82,557

*Total Cumulative Number of Specimens to Date 87,459

**Currently Hospitalized 223

Total Cumulative Hospitalizations 805

Deaths in the Past 24 hours 2

Total Cumulative Deaths 260

*The total includes laboratory information provided to OSDH at the time of the report. Total counts may not reflect unique individuals.

**This number is a combination of hospitalized positive cases and hospitalized persons under investigation, as reported by hospitals at the time of the report. The data reflect a change in calculation and should not be compared to prior data.

Data Source: Acute Disease Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health.