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Number of new unemployment claims filed in Oklahoma the week ending May 2, a 30 percent increase in new filings from the previous week. Part of the reason for the jump in new claims was the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission opening up its site for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance funds.
Percentage of Oklahoma’s known COVID-19 cases linked to long-term care facilities. Additionally, 45 percent of reported deaths are connected to the state’s long-term care facilities.
The average daily SNAP food assistance applications in Oklahoma from March 16 to April 15, 2020. This is three times the prior average of 460.
[Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute]
Instances of Oklahoma absentee ballot fraud in almost four decades, according to a database from The Heritage Foundation.
[Source: The Heritage Foundation]
Number of voter fraud prosecutions in the U.S. during a 12-year period from 2000 to 2012 during which billions of votes were cast. Voting fraud rates in the U.S. are “infinitesimal,” according to a national investigative reporting project on the subject.
Approximate amount of federal funding available to Oklahoma for reimbursing the state for coronavirus-related expenses via the federal CARES Act. Legislators and others have questioned how Gov. Stitt’s administration is spending those funds. SB 1944, unveiled Monday, would require the director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to publish daily reports of all expenditures of federal CARES Act funds on the state’s Oklahoma Checkbook webpage.
The amount of funds Oklahoma banks have loaned to small businesses in the second round of the federal Paycheck Protection Program, for a total of 20,919 loans. In the first round, which opened April 3 and lasted until funds were exhausted on April 16, Oklahoma banks funded 35,557 loans worth $4.61 billion.
[Source: The Oklahoman]
Percent of typical reading growth students are likely to retun to school with for fall 2020 compared to a full year.
[Source: NWEA Research]
Percentage of Oklahoma’s juvenile detention beds that were filled as of April 1, 2020. This is a reduction from 77 percent on March 18, 2020, as state officials implemented changes to protect juvenile detainees from the threat of COVID-19. [Source: Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs]
The current number of contact tracers per 100,000 who track the virus’ path through Oklahoma. This is well below the National Association of County and City Health Officials recently stated position there should be 15 contact tracers per 100,000 people in a nonemergency situation and 30 tracers per 100,000 people during a pandemic.
[Source: The Frontier]
