OSDH: Second related COVID death in Logan County; cases continue to climb

A second person has died for the Coronavirus in Logan County, according the Oklahoma State Health Department.

The health department reports a female 65 years or older from Crescent (73028 zip code) died from the virus within the last 24 hours.

The first death in the county came on April 29.

There are currently 133 confirmed active COVID cases in the county.

In total, 552 have contracted the virus with 417 recoveries for the county with an estimated 48,000 population.

For the state, 1,044 have died from the virus.

Average count continues to rise for Logan County

Logan County — with the majority of Oklahoma counties — remains in the moderate risk of the Oklahoma COVID-19 Alert System.

Logan County increased 10.2 by going from 18.7 to 28.9.

The alert system is a four-tiered risk measurement tool with corresponding color categories that identify the current COVID-19 risk level.

The risk map ranges from “new normal” in the green up to “high risk” in the red. It features a four-tiered risk measurement tool with corresponding color categories that identify the current COVID-19 risk level.

According to the health department, each color category is based on daily new cases per 100,000 population.

• New Normal (Green) Phase: 0 < 1.43 daily new cases per 100,000 population (Click here for Green Guidelines)

• Low Risk (Yellow) Phase: 1.43 < 14.29 daily new cases per 100,000 population (Click here for Yellow Guidelines)

• Moderate-Risk (Orange) Phase: > 14.29 daily new cases per 100,000 population (Click here for Orange Guidelines)

• High-Risk (Red) Phase: > 14.29 daily new cases per 100,000 population plus one of four additional gates triggered

The following chart are the numbers for Logan County.

DATE	AVERAGE COUNT
OCTOBER 1	28.9
SEPTEMBER 25	18.7
SEPTEMBER 17	8.93
SEPTEMBER 10	8.93
SEPTEMBER 3	9.22
AUGUST 27	7.44
AUGUST 20	6.84
AUGUST 13	8.33
AUGUST 6	7.25
JULY 30	4.83
JULY 23	7.55
JULY 17	9.67
JULY 8	4.23