Schools are COVID-19 hot spots in Tulsa County as experts caution that declining hospitalizations don't mean peak is past; Oklahoma City hospitals report no ICU beds available; State mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries;
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Oklahomans dying of COVID nearly 2 times the U.S. rate as 'unnecessary suffering' overwhelms hospitals; Oklahoma’s nursing shortage existed long before COVID-19, but the pandemic has worsened it; Oklahoma COVID vaccinations increase as Delta variant spreads;
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School-age children make up Oklahoma’s largest increase in COVID-19 cases; Oklahoma Attorney General Wants Court Order Blocking School Mask Requirements; Five years after voters approved landmark criminal justice reforms, counties are still waiting for mental health funding;
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COVID-19: High hospitalization rate puts Oklahoma fourth in the U.S.; COVID outbreak at Muskogee jail reported; 8 staff, 50% of inmates are positive for virus; Tahlequah school board declines to join lawsuit against state mask law;
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'Barely hanging on': An Oklahoma City ICU nurse on the exhaustion of another COVID surge; Tahlequah school board to consider joining lawsuit challenging state mask law; “I need people to understand how prevalent it is”: Oklahoma suicide rates ascend amid pandemic;
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Oklahoma's largest hospitals over or near January COVID-19 peaks; staff to breaking points; Young COVID-19 patient whose story went viral released from hospital; Tulsa Public Schools had 41 COVID cases on Friday, board is told;
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Oklahoma Health Department to resume reporting hospital capacity data amid surge; State officials stand by school mask ban despite pressure; Oklahoma leaders say COVID vaccine mandate for nursing home staff could mean ‘catastrophe’
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Gov. Kevin Stitt, attorney general condemn Oklahoma school district's mask mandate; First wave of COVID-19 deaths was 'sad,' but delta 'now is tragic,' Tulsa ICU doctor says; Suicide in Oklahoma: The Latest Data and Search For Solutions;
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‘Stretched beyond our limits’: Amid governor’s silence on COVID-19 surge, hospital leaders appeal for public’s help; COVID surge in Oklahoma schools prompts quick pivots to distance learning; ‘Heartbreaking, exhausting’ COVID-19 surge sparks rising desperation; After she lost her job, Oklahoma cut off her pandemic unemployment benefits early
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Saint Francis Hospital officials plead for vaccinations, mask-wearing as Tulsa County sets hospitalizations record; Conservative Republicans, business community divided over vaccine mandates; Oklahoma Suicides Climb to Highest Point Since 2006;
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