Oklahoma State Department of Health reported approximately 9,000 new cases of COVID-19 and 103 additional deaths from Wednesday-Friday, including another death in Kingfisher County.

Friday’s OSDH situation update included an adjustment in new case counts previously reported for Wednesday and Thursday after one lab released a three-day backlog of positive results.

New case counts were adjusted to roughly 3,000 for each of the three days - more than double what had been previously reported.

A total of 54 state deaths attributed to COVID-19 were reported in Wednesday’s situation update and another 25 Thursday including an Okarche decedent identified as a male aged 50-64) and 24 Friday.

A total of 37 of the deaths reported Wednesday occurred over the Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 26-30), while the rest oc,curredbetween Oct. 24 and Nov. 25.

Thursday and Friday’s updates did not identify when the additional 49 deaths occurred or whether any happened during the prior 24 hours.

The additional Okarche death brings the total number of official Kingfisher County COVID-linked fatalities to seven.

(The state health department does not identify decedents by name and the Times&FreePress only does so when that information is provided by family members or facility directors, in the case of nursing home deaths.)

A total of 208,875 cases had been confirmed in the state as of Friday, with 1,860 total deaths, according to the OSDH.

A total of 1,608 Oklahomans were reported hospitalized on Friday due to COVID-19, with 1,501 of them in acute care facilities.

Area Counties by the Numbers -

Canadian County - 971 active cases (7,479 confirmed, 34 deaths, 6,467 recovered).

Garfield County - 567 active (4,168 confirmed, 37 deaths, 3,565 recovered).

Logan County - 353 active (1,673 confirmed, 4 deaths, 1,316 recovered).

Kingfisher County - 111 active (962 confirmed, 7 deaths, 846 recovered).

Blaine County - 96 active (447 confirmed, 2 deaths, 348 recovered).

Cities/Towns by the Numbers -

Cashion - 23 active (109 confirmed, 86 recovered).

Dover - eight active (55 confirmed, 46 recovered).

Hennessey - 32 active (315 confirmed, 2 deaths, 281 recovered).

Kingfisher - 40 active (380 confirmed, 1 death, 339 recovered).

Loyal - two active (18 confirmed, 16 recovered).

Okarche - 13 active (131 confirmed, 4 deaths, 114 recovered).

Omega - 1 active (9 confirmed, 8 recovered).

Some Public Buildings Closed

Two public buildings which dosed temporarily due to COVID-19 concerns include the Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Office and the Hennessey Public Library.

The Hennessey library is closed temporarily after one employee was diagnosed with COVID-19 and another was required to quarantine at home.

Sheriff Dennis Banther said the Kingfisher County Jail has locked down its lobby due to recent increases in county cases.

“We will remain locked down until we see a sustained decrease in cases within the county,” he said. “We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause, however we feel we need to take the health of employees and inmates into account.”

The jail will continue to work with families of inmates to allow Friday visitation and will also allow inmates to have access to local clergy.