Health officials report 88 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
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May 17, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials reported no new deaths and 88 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Monday, most of them connected to a hog processing plant in Guymon.
The Department of Health said 64% of its new positive cases were in Texas County in the Oklahoma Panhandle, where Seaboard Farms employs about 2,700 workers at the plant.
The department and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been working with local health officials to increase testing and contract tracing to contain and mitigate the spread of the virus in the region.
As of Monday, there were near...
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