COVID-19: Oklahoma now averaging 40 deaths per day for the first time since pandemic began; Oklahoma to target minority communities for virus vaccines; Trent Smith appointed to State Board of Education;
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'The data is accurate': Oklahoma health commissioner confirms downward trend in COVID-19 cases; COVID-19: 55 more fatal cases bring Oklahoma's average daily death toll to new high; State senators argue over plans to move Medicaid onto managed care contractors;
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'Definitely slowed down': COVID-19 peak might be past, but variant likely already in Oklahoma, experts say; 13,000 get COVID-19 vaccines in Oklahoma through tribal health care services; Corrections officials say inmates, prison staff will be vaccinated in February;
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Oklahoma officials expect vaccination plan changes with new federal administration; Stitt pushes for schools to open amid worsening pandemic as teachers wait for vaccine; Norman announces city’s first chief diversity and equity officer;
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Oklahoma on track for worst month of pandemic; ‘Extremely frustrated’: Federal reserve of COVID vaccine doesn’t exist, ridding Oklahoma officials’ hopes of more shots; COVID Causes Unexpected Dip in OKCPD’s Mental Health Calls;
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As COVID cases soar, Oklahoma doctors are prepared to determine who receives care, and who doesn’t; Oklahoma school districts to keep quarantines, not on board with new state policy; Slow distribution by feds hampering local vaccine efforts;
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After judge hobbles Oklahoma's COVID curfew for bars, Gov. Stitt drops the restriction; Oklahoma hospitals could look to nursing homes for possible patient transfers; Oklahoma legislators advised to avoid the Capitol this weekend due to possible protests;
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By:
Dave Hamby
January 13, 2021 // Updated: January 13, 2021
Oklahoma students exposed to the coronavirus in school will no longer be required to quarantine; Schools face dramatic midyear cuts; Epic gains $156 million; Oklahoma Capitol security enhanced as FBI warns of armed protests; Oklahoma health experts warn of 'extremely critical' time for rising COVID hospitalizations
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State reports over 150,000 vaccine doses administered; Coronavirus cases, hospitalizations keep soaring in Oklahoma; Education Department brings $3.2B budget request to Oklahoma lawmakers; New GAO report details problems with managed care (Capitol Update)
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By:
Dave Hamby
January 11, 2021 // Updated: January 19, 2021
Oklahoma reports record number of COVID-19 cases; Only COVID-19's 'sickest of the sick' admitted at hospitals; Stitt, state task force, ignored information proving the effectiveness of statewide mask order; Oklahoma nursing homes face impossible decisions
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