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Holt: 75% of eligible Oklahoma County residents have received at least first shot of COVID-19 vaccine

State health officials announced earlier this week that, as of Sept. 6, 53.2% of eligible Oklahomans are fully vaccinated.

Holt: 75% of eligible Oklahoma County residents have received at least first shot of COVID-19 vaccine

State health officials announced earlier this week that, as of Sept. 6, 53.2% of eligible Oklahomans are fully vaccinated.

TODAY DILLON. HEY GUYS. YEAH THAT BRIEFING HEALTH OFFICIALS DISCUSSED EXACTLY. HOW MANY PATIENTS ARE IN THE HOSPITAL WITH COVID-19? OF COURSE, THAT NUMBER CAN CHANGE JUST A LITTLE BIT DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF REPORTS YOU’RE LKINGOO AT. THOSE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAID THAT THOSE DISCREPANCIES CAN HAPPEN BASED ON WHAT TIME OF DAY HOSPITAL? BILL’S REPORT AND MANY OTHER FACTORS, BUT THEY SAID AT THE END OF THE DAY THE BASIC STORY IS TTHA HOSPITALS ARE VERY VERY STRAINED AND COVID-19 IS OF COURSE A MAJOR FACTOR IN THAT TODAY THE STATE REPORTING AN AVERAGOFE 1,523 COVID9-1 PATIENTS ACROSS THE STATE. IT’S ACTUALLY DOWN FROM THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THIS SURGE SO FAR, WHICH WAS MORE THAN 1600 TWO WEEKS AGO THEOP HE. IS THAT THE NUMBER CONTINUES TO DROP BUT JUST NOT CLEAR LIKE YOU SAID WHETHER THAT’LL HAPPEN HOW FAST THAT WILL HAPPEN. IN THE MEANTIME THOUGH. WEID D HREA FROM THE OKLAHOMA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION TODAY THEIR PRESIDENTATTY P DAVIS WAS ASKED IF THERE’S ANY HOSPITALS IN OUR STATE THAT ARE ANYWHERE NEAR RATIONING CARE. SHE SAID THANKFULLY NONE ARE RATION. CARE RIGHT NOW, TBU WHAT I WTAN TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY IF HOSPITALS CONTINUE TO BE OVERRAN, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION THAT YET. YOU’LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT IN THE PRESS. ALL AROUND US AND CLEARLYHE T HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS RIGHT NOW AFTER LAB. WE’RE ALL KEENGPI OUR FINGERS CROSSED ABOUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN THE NTEX TWO WEEKS REGARDING COMMUNITY SPADRE. I THINK WE ALL HAVEUR O FINGERS CROSSED ON THAT QUESTION. WE’RE WATCHING THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS. WE’RE ALSO WATCHING THE SEVEN DAY AVERAGE OF CASSE SOMEIG SNS THAT THAT COULD BE STABILIZING, BUT WE JUST HAVEN’T SEEN THE EFFECTS FMRO LABOR DAY YET, OF COURSE AS ALWAYS WILL BE WATCHING THAT VERY VERY CLOSELY.
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Holt: 75% of eligible Oklahoma County residents have received at least first shot of COVID-19 vaccine

State health officials announced earlier this week that, as of Sept. 6, 53.2% of eligible Oklahomans are fully vaccinated.

Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt announced on social media that the local community reached a major milestone in COVID-19 vaccinations over the weekend.>> Related Video Above: Oklahoma health care leaders keeping a close eye on hospitalizations as delta variant spreadsAccording to Holt's post, 75.2% of all eligible Oklahoma County residents have received at least the first shot of the vaccine."This is higher than the national average of 73.7%," Holt posted Sunday.The mayor continued the post by urging people who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine to sign up for an appointment online. Click here if you would like to sign up. >> COVID-19 in Oklahoma: New cases, deaths, breakthrough cases, vaccination ratesThe Oklahoma State Department of Health's most recent epidemiology report that was released Wednesday shows that 93.9% of COVID-19 hospital admissions in the last 30 days are unvaccinated people. Vaccinated people account for just 6.1% of those hospitalizations.State health officials also announced earlier this week that, as of Sept. 6, 53.2% of eligible Oklahomans are fully vaccinated.

Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt announced on social media that the local community reached a major milestone in COVID-19 vaccinations over the weekend.

>> Related Video Above: Oklahoma health care leaders keeping a close eye on hospitalizations as delta variant spreads

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According to Holt's post, 75.2% of all eligible Oklahoma County residents have received at least the first shot of the vaccine.

"This is higher than the national average of 73.7%," Holt posted Sunday.

The mayor continued the post by urging people who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine to sign up for an appointment online. Click here if you would like to sign up.

>> COVID-19 in Oklahoma: New cases, deaths, breakthrough cases, vaccination rates

The Oklahoma State Department of Health's most recent epidemiology report that was released Wednesday shows that 93.9% of COVID-19 hospital admissions in the last 30 days are unvaccinated people. Vaccinated people account for just 6.1% of those hospitalizations.

State health officials also announced earlier this week that, as of Sept. 6, 53.2% of eligible Oklahomans are fully vaccinated.

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