roundtable discussion at the oklahoma state university center for health sciences in tulsa. she was described as "unwavering on the necessity for masks and distancing in public." on august 21, a spokesperson for the mayor of tulsa said she was surprised to hear that the august 16 white house coronavirus task force state report for oklahoma had not been shared with the city. mayor bynum said he was surprised to hear from deborah birx that "there had been eight or so of the weekly covid-19 reports." a coronavirus testing plan was announced for oklahoma teachers. on august 22, governor stitt indicated that he would begin releasing the white house coronavirus task force reports on oklahoma. the reports, which call for mask mandates and bar closures, indicate that oklahoma remains "one of nine states in the "red zone" for coronavirus infections because of more than 100 covid-19 cases per 100,000 people." regional metro areas in the red zone included tulsa, enid, mcalester, fort smith, miami and guymon. the eighteen counties in the red zone were: tulsa, caddo, choctaw, coal, creek, garfield, kingfisher, mayes, mccurtain, mcintosh, osage, ottawa, pawnee, pittsburg, rogers, sequoyah, texas, and wagoner. september 2020 on september 1, governor stitt urged oklahomans to wash their hands, practice social distancing, and wearing a mask in public. the governor however, stated he would not issue a statewide mask mandate and continue to let that decision be made on the local level. december 2020 as oklahoma ranked 12th in the country for new cases per capita, governor stitt created a 30-second tourism advertisement. oklahoma had no travel restrictions in place. travel restrictions on march 28, a state executive order was amended to require 14 days of self-isolation for anyone traveling to oklahoma by air from six states that had a large number of cases, including california, connecticut, louisiana, new jersey, new york, and washington. statistics covid-19 pandemic medical cases in oklahoma by county county cases deaths population cases / 100k 77 / 77 1,306,350 18,252 3,956,971 33,013.9 adair 9,983 62 22,194 44,980.6 alfalfa 1,896 9 5,702 33,251.5 atoka 4,773 35 13,758 34,692.5 beaver 1,200 9 5,311 22,594.6 beckham 7,345 75 21,859 33,601.7 blaine 2,971 30 9,429 31,509.2 bryan 17,609 108 47,995 36,689.2 caddo 10,348 132 28,762 35,978.0 canadian 48,889 295 148,306 32,965.0 carter 19,657 193 48,111 40,857.6 cherokee 17,812 118 48,657 36,607.3 choctaw 5,113 51 14,672 34,848.7 cimarron 720 2 2,137 33,692.1 cleveland 101,912 609 284,014 35,882.7 coal 2,154 20 5,495 39,199.3 comanche 39,666 311 120,749 32,850.0 cotton 1,705 23 5,666 30,091.8 craig 6,101 33 14,142 43,141.0 creek 23,136 263 71,522 32,348.1 custer 9,867 129 29,003 34,020.6 delaware 13,936 161 43,009 32,402.5 dewey 1,254 19 4,891 25,638.9 ellis 1,048 6 3,859 27,157.3 garfield 18,276 212 61,056 29,933.2 garvin 8,812 100 27,711 31,799.6 grady 17,386 185 55,834 31,138.7 grant 1,264 8 4,333 29,171.5 greer 1,615 25 5,712 28,273.8 harmon 917 7 2,653 34,564.6 harper 844 10 3,688 22,885.0 haskell 3,418 29 12,627 27,069.0 hughes 3,150 44 13,279 23,721.7 jackson 8,342 86 24,530 34,007.3 jefferson 1,611 20 6,002 26,841.1 johnston 3,974 47 11,085 35,850.2 kay 15,903 166 43,538 36,526.7 kingfisher 4,891 54 15,765 31,024.4 kiowa 2,440 41 8,708 28,020.2 latimer 2,754 23 10,073 27,340.4 le flore 15,726 89 49,853 31,544.7 lincoln 10,140 112 34,877 29,073.6 logan 13,782 115 48,011 28,705.9 love 4,011 29 10,253 39,120.3 major 2,577 32 7,629 33,779.0 marshall 5,772 28 16,931 34,091.3 mayes 13,515 126 41,100 32,883.2 mcclain 15,012 106 40,474 37,090.5 mccurtain 9,846 129 32,832 29,989.0 mcintosh 5,597 94 19,596 28,562.0 murray 5,396 53 14,073 38,342.9 muskogee 24,775 262 67,997 36,435.4 noble 3,658 30 11,131 32,863.2 nowata 3,270 29 10,076 32,453.4 okfuskee 4,281 47 11,993 35,695.8 oklahoma 247,602 1,887 797,434 31,049.8 okmulgee 11,872 141 38,465 30,864.4 osage 14,108 127 46,963 30,040.7 ottawa 11,810 101 31,127 37,941.3 pawnee 5,144 66 16,376 31,411.8 payne 23,679 117 81,784 28,953.1 pittsburg 14,096 158 43,654 32,290.3 pontotoc 17,104 101 38,284 44,676.6 pottawatomie 27,319 195 72,592 37,633.6 pushmataha 3,316 40 11,096 29,884.6 roger mills 1,133 12 3,583 31,621.5 rogers 32,095 293 92,459 34,712.7 seminole 7,909 105 24,258 32,603.7 sequoyah 13,103 89 41,569 31,521.1 stephens 13,602 144 43,143 31,527.7 texas 7,066 39 19,983 35,360.1 tillman 1,844 24 7,250 25,434.5 tulsa 215,637 1,694 651,552 33,095.9 wagoner 27,386 207 81,289 33,689.7 washington 15,972 200 51,527 30,997.3 washita 3,371 31 10,916 30,881.3 woods 2,759 26 8,793 31,377.2 woodward 6,221 51 20,211 30,780.3 final update may 4, 2023, with data through the previous daydata is publicly reported by oklahoma state department of health county where individuals with a positive case reside. location of diagnosis and treatment may vary. reported confirmed cases. actual case numbers are probably higher. includes 152 cases from unknown counties. includes 7,373 deaths from unknown counties. july 2019 population estimate from "u.s. census bureau quick facts: oklahoma". united states census bureau. retrieved june 8, 2020. lethality by sex, age, race and ethnicity confirmed covid-19 cases in oklahoma by sex, age, race and ethnicity () classification cases deaths lethality(%) number (%) number (%) all 51,746 (100.0) 715 (100.0) (1.382) sex male 24,579 (47.5) 391 (54.7) (1.591) female 27,167 (52.5) 324 (45.3) (1.193) age 65+ 7,191 (0.139) 564 (0.789) (7.843) 50-64 9320 (0.180) 121 (0.169) (1.298) 36-49 11,314 (0.218) 20 (0.028) (0.177) 18-35 18,120 (0.350) 9 (0.013) (0.050) 5-17 4,639 (0.091) 1 (0.001) (0.022) 0-4 1,162 (0.022) 0 (0.000) (0.000) race/ethnicity american indian/alaska native only 4,812 (9.3) 65 (9.1) (1.351) asian or pacific islander only 2,018 (3.9) 16 (2.2) (0.793) black only 3,673 (7.1) 44 (6.2) (1.198) white only 28,408 (54.9) 522 (73.0) (1.838) other & multiple races 2,069 (4.0) 25 (3.5) (1.208) hispanic or latino (can be any race) 10,193 (19.7) 45 (6.4) (0.441) did not report race 10,814 (20.9) 43 (6.0) (0.398) did not report ethnicity 11,746 (22.7) 76 (10.6) (0.647) source: oklahoma executive order report, from 2020/07/31., 2020/08/21 impact sports the national basketball association suspended its 2019–20 season on march 11 after utah jazz player rudy gobert tested positive for covid-19 prior to a game against the oklahoma city thunder at chesapeake energy arena in oklahoma city. the oklahoma secondary school activities association (ossaa) postponed its high school basketball tournaments, and all other spring semester sports activities. fairs on june 26, the oklahoma state fair was canceled. on august 11, the tulsa state fair was canceled.