COVID-19: Record number in ICU beds as 16 more deaths reported across Oklahoma

The additional deaths were identified in patients 50 or older from Beckham, Custer, Greer, Muskogee, Oklahoma and Tulsa counties, bringing the state’s death toll to 2,144.

A total of 1,751 COVID patients remained hospitalized across Oklahoma, with a record 487 in ICU beds, according to Tuesday data from the state’s executive order report and hospital surge plan.

The state has more than 1,000 ICU beds at any given time. There were only 38 of those beds open as of Wednesday.

Those figures include patients with confirmed infections as well as suspected cases of COVID-19.

According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health data, 248,204 cases have been confirmed across the state since March, with 31,770 currently active. More than 214,000 patients are considered recovered.

Tulsa County had an additional 439 cases Thursday, bringing the total recorded since March to 41,196 cases.

With three additional fatalities reported, Tulsa County’s seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 deaths is at a record high for the fourth day in a row.

The state’s seven-day rolling average of new cases is 3,250.

Statewide, the number of cases by age group as of Thursday are:

18-35, 32.32%

36-49, 21.78%

50-64, 19.08%

65+, 14.43%

5-17, 10.54%

0-4, 1.84%

Unknown, 0.01%

COVID-19 by the numbers

The data below are current as of 7 p.m. Thursday.

Tulsa County

Confirmed cases: 41,196 (+439)

Deaths: 331 (+3)

State of Oklahoma

Confirmed cases: 248,204 (+2,975)

Deaths: 2,144 (+16)

United States

Confirmed cases: 17,179,180

Deaths: 310,325

Worldwide

Confirmed cases: 74,862,082

Deaths: 1,660,032

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Sources: Oklahoma State Department of Health, Tulsa Health Department, Johns Hopkins University of Medicine