OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — Nearly 400 people are dying every week from COVID-19 and right here in Oklahoma, COVID cases are spiking again.
As of Thursday, nearly a quarter of Oklahomans who go to the doctor not feeling well test positive for COVID.
RELATED COVERAGE: These 27 states are at very high COVID wastewater levels
With people returning from vacations and heading back to school, Dr. Dale Bratzler, Dean of the Hudson College of Public Health, says he expects the cases to continue to increase.
“In April of last of this year, we were around 2.9% positivity rate, this week we’re about 22.2% positivity rate,” Dr. Bratzler said.
Oklahoma cases are on the rise once again, factoring into Region 6 leading the nation in positive cases.
“There’s a family of viruses there called the “Flirt Variant” and they have common mutations that make them more contagious,” Dr. Bratzler said. “So, they spread easier and they attach to the human receptors better so that if you’re exposed, you’re more likely to get infected.”