COVID-19 Surge Happening in Tulsa County

COVID-19 surge could be among the people of Tulsa County.

NEW TREND SHOWS -- A NEWDEMOGRAPHIC IS THE MAINVICTIM...2WFY'S TATIANNA TAYLOR ISHERE TO BREAK DOWN THATSHIFT -- TATIANNA?CORI A SURGE IN CASES NOWISN'T THE SAME SURGE IN THEBEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC...NOW YOUNGER PEOPLE SEEM TOBE TESTING POSITIVE MOREOFTEN...DR. BRUCE DART WITH THETULSA COUNTY HEALTHDEPARTMENT SAYS THE AVERAGEOF PERSON WITH THE VIRUS HASREDUCED TO 37.2 YEARS OFAGE.

MEANING, THE 18-35 AGEGROUP HAS THE MOST CASES INTULSA COUNTY RIGHT NOW.RIGHT NOW TULSA COUNTY HAS112 NEW POSITIVE CASES,WITH 1,027 CURRENT ACTIVECASES, DR. DART SAYS WITHINCREASING NUMBERS OF THECORONAVIRUS IN TULSA COUNTY,IT'S A WIDESPREAD IN OURCOMMUNITY AND PREVALANCE ISEXTREMELY HIGH.Dart 33:45 to - 34:15 "Soare we plateauing in casesas the governor indicatedwe might be in Oklahoma.

InTulsa County, we are not.

Weare continuing to surge.We've expanded testing as acommunity and as a countyentity, a long long timeago.

And we're continuing tosee a higher percent ofdaily positives than wewould likeMAYOR G-T BYNUM MENTIONEDONE PERCENT OF TULSAPOSITIVE IS EXTREMELYUNUSUAL.

AND THE CITY HOPESTHE MASK MANDATE WILL HELPDECREASE NUMBERS.COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALFHOUR, THE RISING DEATH TOLLIN TULSA COUNTY, AND WASRACE AND AGE RANGE ARELOSING THEIR LIVES DUE TOTHIS PANDEMIC.

LIVE INTULSA, TATIANNA TAYLOR, 2WFYTHERE IS NO MANDATORY PLANFOR OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS TO OPEN