All staff who could have been exposed to the sheriff’s office workers have been contacted and will be tested for the coronavirus, the health department said. The sheriff’s office said symptoms have ranged from mild to severe, with some workers showing no symptoms at all. Oklahoma is in the red zone for virus cases, meaning 101 or more new cases per 100,000 population, with a rate of 201 new cases per 100,000. The number of reported coronavirus cases in the state increased by 980 on Wednesday and there were 13 additional deaths due to COVID-19, the health department said. The department reported 87,199 total cases and 1,031 deaths compared to 86,219 cases and 1.018 deaths on Tuesday.

Source: Daily Sun September 30, 2020 17:48 UTC