Coronavirus News
August 5, 2020
JAIL DEATH
The Oklahoma County jail reports that an inmate being treated for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, has died.
Clarence Steven Merrell, 65, died Tuesday at a hospital where he was taken in July, jail spokesman Mac Mullings said in a news release.
Merrell had been jailed since June 26 on felony drug-related charges according to Mullings and court records.
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS
The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 861 additional confirmed coronavirus cases and 15 more deaths due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the illness.
The department said...
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