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AdvertisementWhite House Coronavirus Task Force: Cases, new hospital admissions in Oklahoma not plateauingHide TranscriptShow TranscriptTHE STUDIO. KOCO’S DILLON RICHARDS JOINS US LIVE WITH DETAILS FROM THAT REPORT. DILLON? DILLON: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S TASK FORCE CONTINUES TO CALL FOR INCREASED MITIGATION EFFORTS IN OUR STATE WITH HOSPITALIZATIONS STILL AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. IN FACT, THE TASK FORCE SAYS WE’RE THIRD IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE MOST NEW HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS, AND THIRD IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF OUR TESTS COMING BACK POSITIVE. WE’RE 16TH FOR THE MOST NEW CASES, BUT IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF STATES WITH THE MOST DEATHS. FOR OKLAHOMA, THE TASK FORCE WRITES THAT, "UNLIKE OTHER STATES IN THE HEARTLAND, CASES AND NEW HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS ARE NOT PLATEAUING. VIRUS LEVELS CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND ARE EXTREMELY HIGH. ACTIVITIES THAT WERE SAFE IN THE SUMMER ARE NOT SAFE NOW." THE TASK FORCE WARNING THAT THE VACCINE WILL NOT STOP THE WINTER SURGE SINCE IT WILL TAKE UNTIL LATE SPRING FOR THE 100 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH COMORBIDITIES TO BE FULLY IMMUNIZED. SO MUCH OF THE COUNTRY AND SO MUCH OF OUR STATE IN COVID RED ZONES. THE TASK FORCE WRITING, "DESPITE THE SEVERITY OF THIS SURGE AND THE THREAT TO THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, MANY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT IMPLEMENTING THE SAME MITIGATION POLICIES THAT STEMMED THE TIDE OF THE SUMMER SURGE. THAT MUST HAPPEN NOW WE REACHED OUT TO THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE ABOUT THIS REPOAdvertisementWhite House Coronavirus Task Force: Cases, new hospital admissions in Oklahoma not plateauingThe White House Coronavirus Task Force’s latest report ranks Oklahoma as the third-worst state in the country in two key metrics.The report comes as the Trump administration’s task force continues to call for increased mitigation efforts in Oklahoma with hospitalizations still at a high level.The task force’s report states that Oklahoma is third in the country for the most new hospitalization admissions and third in the U.S. for the highest percentage of tests coming back positive. The report also says Oklahoma is 16th for the most new cases but in the bottom half of states with the most deaths.For Oklahoma, the White House Coronavirus Task Force wrote that, “Unlike other states in the Heartland, cases and new hospital admissions are not plateauing. Virus levels continue to increase and are extremely high; activities that were safe in the summer are not safe now.”The task force warns that the vaccine will not stop the winter surge because it will take until late spring for the 100 million people across the country with comorbidities to be fully immunized. “Despite the severity of this surge and the threat to the hospital systems, many state and local governments are not implementing the same mitigation policies that stemmed the tide of the summer surge; that must happen now,” the White House Coronavirus Task Force said of the states and areas in the COVID-19 red zones. Click here to read the White House Coronavirus Task Force's latest report for Oklahoma.The White House Coronavirus Task Force’s latest report ranks Oklahoma as the third-worst state in the country in two key metrics.The report comes as the Trump administration’s task force continues to call for increased mitigation efforts in Oklahoma with hospitalizations still at a high level.AdvertisementThe task force’s report states that Oklahoma is third in the country for the most new hospitalization admissions and third in the U.S. for the highest percentage of tests coming back positive. The report also says Oklahoma is 16th for the most new cases but in the bottom half of states with the most deaths.For Oklahoma, the White House Coronavirus Task Force wrote that, “Unlike other states in the Heartland, cases and new hospital admissions are not plateauing. Virus levels continue to increase and are extremely high; activities that were safe in the summer are not safe now.”The task force warns that the vaccine will not stop the winter surge because it will take until late spring for the 100 million people across the country with comorbidities to be fully immunized. “Despite the severity of this surge and the threat to the hospital systems, many state and local governments are not implementing the same mitigation policies that stemmed the tide of the summer surge; that must happen now,” the White House Coronavirus Task Force said of the states and areas in the COVID-19 red zones.Loading more articles...

AdvertisementWhite House Coronavirus Task Force: Cases, new hospital admissions in Oklahoma not plateauingHide TranscriptShow TranscriptTHE STUDIO. KOCO’S DILLON RICHARDS JOINS US LIVE WITH DETAILS FROM THAT REPORT. DILLON? DILLON: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S TASK FORCE CONTINUES TO CALL FOR INCREASED MITIGATION EFFORTS IN OUR STATE WITH HOSPITALIZATIONS STILL AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. IN FACT, THE TASK FORCE SAYS WE’RE THIRD IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE MOST NEW HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS, AND THIRD IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF OUR TESTS COMING BACK POSITIVE. WE’RE 16TH FOR THE MOST NEW...

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