CC)—The Enid Mayor and Board of Commissioners will meet today in Study Session and Regular Meeting. According to the Study Session agenda, commissioners will hear a report on the most recent annual auditor’s report on the financial statement on the city and its related authorities, and discuss waterline infrastructure gaps in the city. The Study Session will begin at 5:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Stride Bank Center. During its Regular Meeting the commission is scheduled to hear a Vance Development Authority update; consider the purchase or lease of heavy equipment, and address a number of other business items. The regular meeting will be held this evening beginning at 6:30 in the Grand Ballroom. Both meetings are open to the public.
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CN)—55 more virus-related deaths, including a Kingfisher County woman in the 50-64 age group, and 2,686 new coronavirus cases were reported in the state since Wednesday, according to daily numbers released late this morning by the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The health department said 32,771 cases are considered active in the state, with 1,722 people currently hospitalized for treatment of the virus.
COVID-19 Oklahoma Test Results
01.21.21
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Cases |
363,046 |
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*Total Cumulative Negative Specimens to Date |
2,653,602 |
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*Total Cumulative Number of Specimens to Date |
3,002,865 |
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Acute Care OSDH Licensed Facility Hospitalizations |
1,567 |
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Other Types of Facilities Hospitalizations |
155 |
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Total Cumulative Hospitalizations |
20,505 |
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Total Cumulative Deaths |
3,140 |
*The total includes laboratory information provided to OSDH at the time of the report. As a result, counts are subject to change. Total counts may not reflect unique individuals. Data Source: Acute Disease Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health. As of 2021-1-21 at 7:00 a.m.
There have been 6447 positive COVID-19 cases, and 55 deaths in Garfield County. 5678 of those cases and 51 deaths have been in Enid. In surrounding counties: Kingfisher County has reported 1762 cases, Alfalfa 1049, Major 840, Blaine County is at 811 cases, and Grant 463.
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RM)--District 19 State Sen. Roland Pederson is encouraging Enid area residents to get involved with the state and congressional redistricting process by attending a redistricting town hall meeting this evening. Once every decade, the Oklahoma Legislature is required by law to redraw its congressional and legislative boundaries to reflect changes in population according to the U.S. Census data. The state Senate town hall will be 6:00 p.m. at the Autry Technology Center Lectorium. Those who attend will hear from redistricting experts and learn more about the process. Guests will be given the opportunity to ask questions and provide input. Questions and comments can be sent to redistricting@oksenate.gov. For those unable to attend in person, the meeting will be livestreamed and archived for later viewing at www.oksenate.gov. For more information about the redistricting process, visit www.oksenate.gov.redistricting.
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EC)--Enid Public Schools students and families are invited to attend a virtual Education Celebration honoring this year’s building-level teachers of the year as well as the support professional finalists. The event will be held at the EHS gymnasium, located at 611 W. Wabash, on Wednesday, January 27, at 5:00 p.m. The district-level teacher of the year and support professional of the year announcement will be part of the program. While the public will be encouraged to view the celebration virtually on the live broadcast by EPS*tv, there will be space available for close friends and school colleagues to attend to support the teachers of the year and support professional finalists. Those who attend in-person are required to wear a mask and socially distance. To learn more about each teacher candidate, visit www.enidpublicschools.org/toy2020. The event will be broadcasted live by EPS*tv on Suddenlink Channel 19, the EPS Facebook page, and the EPS YouTube page.
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RP)--The City of Enid Engineering Department is conducting a sanitary sewer root control program that will minimize root intrusion in the sanitary sewer system and will, therefore, minimize backups in sanitary sewer lines. They will be working between Oakwood and Cleveland, in the area north of Chestnut. The work is anticipated to take approximately 30 calendar days to complete.
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CF)--Enid area media including Talk 100.9 KGWA will hold a forum on Jan. 26 for candidates in the city’s Feb. 9 city commission races. All eight candidates in Enid’s regular ward elections have been invited to attend and will answer questions to be submitted by the public and chosen by members of the local media, who also will provide questions of their own. The forum will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Stride Bank Center and is open to the public. Wards 3, 4 and 6 are up for election next month. A special recall election also will be held Feb. 9, but will not be included in the forum. Tables for participants and chairs for the public will be socially distanced, and face coverings will be required in the ballroom, as following city mandate. The forum will be live-streamed on local media’s social media platforms and broadcast on Talk 100.9 KGWA. The city of Enid will air the debate on social media, as well, and provide it to Suddenlink to later air on Channel 12. Questions from readers can be submitted ahead of the forum on any of the news sites’ social media posts or by email, and are subject to editing.
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VP)--The Oklahoma State Department of Health COVID-19 vaccine scheduler portal is now available for pre-registration. The department launched the COVID-19 vaccine scheduler portal to notify Oklahomans when they’re eligible to receive the vaccine and provide more information on how to schedule an appointment. Oklahomans can visit this portal at vaccinate.oklahoma.gov, but appointment scheduling will not be available until Thursday. Health officials said currently only Oklahomans who are 65 and older, health care workers and/or first responders will be able to schedule appointments. As the state advances in its phased approach to vaccine distribution, the system will notify and allow individuals in additional priority groups and phases the opportunity to schedule their appointment.
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