OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The health department in Oklahoma’s most populous county on Tuesday announced that it will begin providing coronavirus vaccinations to residents aged 65 and older on Thursday.
The Oklahoma City-County Health Department said those residents can now sign up for vaccine appointments online, and by late Tuesday morning the site said all slots for appointments were taken.
The local health department estimates that 14% of Oklahoma County’s approximately 800,000 residents are 65 or older.
The announcement comes a day after the state health department announced plans for a mobile phone application as early as Thursday for people 65 and older to schedule an appointment to receive the vaccine.
Those eligible for vaccinations do not yet include people younger than 65 with diseases that make them susceptible to COVID-19.
The state department on Tuesday reported 1,497 additional virus cases and 19 more deaths due to COVID-19, for totals of 308,268 cases and 2,571 deaths since the pandemic began.
There were 1,909 people hospitalized with the illness, the department reported.
Oklahoma currently ranks fifth in the U.S. in new cases per capita during the past 14 days, with 1,099 cases per 100,000 residents, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
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