CDC reports 76 more COVID-19 deaths in Oklahoma; 1,500 more cases added
as we head into flu season. Top health officials are breaking down the differences between a cold. The flu and covid 19 we get questions all the time. What’s the difference? Dr mary clark tells us, although many people are asymptomatic to the coronavirus, nothing is perfect and things overlap each other in medicine all the time. She says, people suffering from allergies rarely have a high fever. Allergies tend to be the sneezing nasal congestion, itchy eyes, watery eyes, red eyes, itchy ears, itchy throat. The common cold could also look like allergies. Holds a lot of times will have a lot of courses will have more bronchial symptoms depending on what the strain of the virus is floating around in the community climbing up the ladder. The flu does typically bring with it a high fever that lasts the entire time of the illness. The difference with influenza, however, is we, as a general rule, can treat influenza with oral medications and eliminate a lot of the length of the illness and the infectivity of the illness, which is one of the things we don’t have the covid yet. One way to know you’re likely dealing with covid 19 is the only one that we really see at this point in time that has smell and taste problem right now. The age group at the highest rate testing positive for covid are those age 34 to 49 sitting at 16%. No group is over 20%. I’m glad to say The lowest group is early. Our preschool, I guess I would say 34. That’s 11.1% and 65 and up is 11.77% positivity today In Oklahoma City Megan, mostly KOC 05 News. Mhm. Right.
THEIR UPDATE TODAY. MEGHAN: AS WE HEAD INTUO SEASON, TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE BREAKING DOWN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FLU, A COLD, AND COVI .D-I DR. CLARKE: WE GET QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME. WHAT’S THDIE FFERENCE? MEGHAN: DR. MARY CLARKE TELLS US ALTHOUGH MANY PEOPLE ARE ASYMPTOMATIC TO THE CORONAVIRUS. DR. CLARKE: NOTHING IS PERFECT, AND THINGS OVERLAP EACH OTHER IN MEDICINE ALL THE TIME. MEGHAN: SHE SAYS ALLERESGI RARELY HAVE FEVERS. DR. CLARKE: ALLERGIES TEND TO BE PTHE SNEEZING, NASAL CONGESTION, ITCHY EYES, WATERY EYES, RED EY IE,TCHY EAR, ITCHY THROAT. MEGHAN: THE COMMON COLD COULD ALSO LOOK LIKE ALLERGIES- – DR. CLARKE: COLDS A LOT OF THE TI WMEILL HAVE HOARSENESS, WILL HAVE MORE BRONCHIAL SYMPTOMS, DEPENDING ON WHAT STRAIN OF THE VIRUS IS FLOATING AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY. MEGHAN: CLIMBING UP THE LADDER, INFLUENZA TENDS TO BE ASSOEDCI WITH HIGH FEVERS LASTING THE ENTIRE TIME OF THE ILLNESS. DR. CLKEAR: THE DIFFERENCE WITH INFLUENZA, HOWEREV, IS THAT WE, AS A GENERAL RULE, CAN TREAT INFLUENZA WITH ORAL MEDICATISON AND ELIMINATE A LOT OF THE LENGTH OF THE ILLNESS AND THE INFECTIVITY OF THE ILLNESS, WHICH OISNE OF THE THINGS WE DON’T HAVE WITH COVID YET. GHMEAN: SHE THEN EXPLAINS THAT COVID CAN LOOK LIKE MANY VIRAL INFECTIONS, WITH A F EXCEPTIONS. DR. CLARKE: IT IS THE ONLY O THAT WE SEE AT THIS POINT THAT HAS SMELL AND TASTE PROBLEMS. MEGHAN: THE AGE GROUP WITHHE HIGHEST RATE TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID ARE THOSE AGED 34 TO 49, SITTING AT 16% DAVID KENDRICK: NO GROUP IS OVER 20%, I’M GLAD TO SAY. THLOE WEST GROUP IS EARLY PRESCHOOL. I GUESS I WOULD SAY 0 TO 4, THAT’S 11.1%. MEGHAN: AND 65 AND UP IS 11.77% POSITIVITY T
CDC reports 76 more COVID-19 deaths in Oklahoma; 1,500 more cases added
The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 1,500 new COVID-19 cases across the state, bringing the total cumulative number of the state’s positive cases to 611,885.According to the health department, 1,584 is Wednesday’s 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported. The state’s total provisional death count, according to the CDC/NCHS, stands at 10,208 as of Wednesday; that’s 76 more deaths compared to the previous day’s update. >> COVID-19 in Oklahoma: New cases, deaths, breakthrough cases, vaccination ratesHealth officials reported that there are 11,959 total active cases and that the recent 3-day average hospitalizations stand at 1,045. Officials also reported that there are 24 pediatric hospitalizations. The health department announced that they are changing the way they report COVID-19 deaths in an effort to show a “more timely” picture of the disease’s impact in Oklahoma. Moving forward, OSDH officials said they will include the provisional death count provided by CDC/NCHS in the daily updates.>> Did you know? How to get the COVID-19 vaccine in OklahomaAccording to the CDC, provisional death counts deliver the most complete and accurate picture of lives lost to COVID-19. They are based on death certificates, which are the most reliable source of data and contain information not available anywhere else, including comorbid conditions, race and ethnicity and place of death. Learn more about provisional death count here.Get the details from Oklahoma State Department of Health.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 1,500 new COVID-19 cases across the state, bringing the total cumulative number of the state’s positive cases to 611,885.
According to the health department, 1,584 is Wednesday’s 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported.
The state’s total provisional death count, according to the CDC/NCHS, stands at 10,208 as of Wednesday; that’s 76 more deaths compared to the previous day’s update.
>> COVID-19 in Oklahoma: New cases, deaths, breakthrough cases, vaccination rates
Health officials reported that there are 11,959 total active cases and that the recent 3-day average hospitalizations stand at 1,045. Officials also reported that there are 24 pediatric hospitalizations.
The health department announced that they are changing the way they report COVID-19 deaths in an effort to show a “more timely” picture of the disease’s impact in Oklahoma. Moving forward, OSDH officials said they will include the provisional death count provided by CDC/NCHS in the daily updates.
>> Did you know? How to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Oklahoma
According to the CDC, provisional death counts deliver the most complete and accurate picture of lives lost to COVID-19. They are based on death certificates, which are the most reliable source of data and contain information not available anywhere else, including comorbid conditions, race and ethnicity and place of death. Learn more about provisional death count here.