Western Oklahoma Looks “Green”

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June 23, 2021

By News Director Jared Atha

Although COVID-19 cases in the state saw a slight increase this week, remain very low.

According to the latest numbers released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, western Oklahoma remains very low when it comes to active cases. As of Wednesday morning, Beckham County only has one active case in Sayre. Custer County has one active case located in Clinton. Washita County has one active case, and Roger Mills County has now active cases of the virus.

Hospitalizations for the region is virtually non-existent with Region 1, which consists of Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, and Washita Counties, shows to have nobody hospitalized due to COVID-19. Region 3, which consists of Greer and Kiowa Counties shows to have seven hospitalizations with one in intensive care. Region 3 also consists of Comanche County and the City of Lawton. Meanwhile Greer and Kiowa Counties have no active cases.

By virtue of the low case count, the department’s color-coded risk level map has all area counties in “green”, meaning those counties have less than 1.43 cases per 100,000 of the population. Last week Beckham County was elevated to be in the “yellow” category.

Statewide, Oklahoma saw an increase of 214 active cases when compared to last week. Still, that brings the state’s active case count to a very manageable 1,505.

Currently statewide there are 118 individuals hospitalized due to COVID-19, with 33 of those in the ICU.