May 7, 2020
By News Director Jared Atha
No added cases of COVID-19 in the area, a relative flattening pattern that’s been trending the last seven to ten days.
However according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health the number of active cases in the state increased by 46, bringing the state total to 1,085. State health officials are also reporting an additional 7 deaths due to the virus. The state’s death count now stands at 260.
Oklahoma’s hospitalization number has decreased by 7. There are currently 223 hospitalized state wide due to the virus.
Locally Jackson County is still reporting 5 active cases, Greer County has 4, Beckham County and Kiowa County still has 2 active cases a piece.
Harmon, Washita, and Roger Mills Counties are just three of the six remaining counties in Oklahoma that are still without a confirmed case.
Revenue collections in Oklahoma fell by half a billion dollars in April from a year ago as an economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic swept the state, Treasurer Randy McDaniel said Thursday.
Gross receipts fell $502.5 million to just under $1.1 billion, down 31.8% from April 2019, McDaniel said.
Income tax collections fell by 50.5% to $405.8 million. McDaniel noted that the filing deadline for income taxes was postponed from April 15 until July 15 because of the pandemic.
Gross production taxes on the sale of oil and natural gas totaled $60.7 million, down $19.1 million, or 24%, from last April year, and do not reflect the impact of plunging oil prices because collections are based on February sales when oil was more than $50 per barrel.