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March 11, 2021
Data shows decline in nursing home COVID cases
Data released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) shows that new COVID-19 infections in longterm care (LTC) facilities have fallen to less than 10 percent of rates reported in late 2020. From February 11-18 of 2021, there were 39 new COVID cases among residents, according to data reported by OSDH. In the last week of December 2020, that weekly total was 443.