OSDH is auditing 2020's COVID-19 death count

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TULSA, Okla. — The Oklahoma Department of Health gave their play COVID-19 update today. They confirmed they are seeing a diminution successful the fig of COVID-19 cases successful the state.

They are besides conducting an audit connected the 2020 COVID-19 decease count.

Right now, the CDC's decease study shows much than 13,000 deaths successful Oklahoma than what the authorities is reporting.

Now the wellness department's squad is doing a much thorough reappraisal to corroborate the accuracy of the 2020 COVID-19 decease numbers.

Today they were expected to merchandise the updated count, but they said their squad is inactive successful the process of conducting that review.

They said the CDC counts COVID-19 deaths arsenic a lawsuit definition, which is simply a modular for each state. However, the authorities wellness section tracks deaths differently.

For example, a doc tin database COVID-19 arsenic the origin of decease successful a decease certificate, but the authorities wants to corroborate determination was successful information a COVID-19 affirmative trial for that patient.

"I don't expect that we're going to telephone precise galore of these retired due to the fact that of this process, I consciousness similar much than thing what we're going to bash is we're going to corroborate that the deaths are close arsenic presented connected the decease certificates and therefore, we'll update our records accordingly," Keith Reed, lawman commissioner said.

While the wellness section is cautiously optimistic astir COVID-19 being connected the decline, they proceed encouraging Oklahomans to get vaccinated up of autumn interruption and Halloween.

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