Almost 4k Cases of COVID-19 Reported Wednesday, Woodward Resident Among 44 Deaths

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(Enid, OK) Oklahoma reported 3,907 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday and 44 additional deaths, including a Woodward man, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

Of the 44 deaths reported Wednesday, 36 were in the 65 and older age group including eight men and eight women from Tulsa County; two men from Comanche County; two women from McIntosh County; two men and a woman each from Oklahoma and Wagoner counties; one man each from Bryan, Cleveland, Grady, Okmulgee and Woodward counties; and one woman each from Cherokee, Muskogee, Pawnee, Rogers and Washington counties.

Six of the deaths were from the 50-64 age range including men from LeFlore, Okmulgee, Tulsa and Wagoner counties and women from Beckham and Osage counties. Two deaths were women in the 36-49 age group from Oklahoma and Tulsa counties.

There have been 2,848 deaths, statewide, where the virus was the cause or a contributing factor, according to the OSDH daily report.

Garfield County COVID-19 cases increased by 73 Wednesday for a total of 6,156 since the pandemic started with 559 active cases.

Other Northwest Oklahoma county case increases included 50 in Kingfisher, 46 in Woodward, 13 in Blaine, seven in Noble, six in Woods, four in Grant, three in Major and one in Alfalfa County.