State says technical issue fixed

IN OKLAHOMA.

THOUGH ALLTHOSE TEST RESULTS ARE NOTFROM THE LAST 24-HOURS...INSTEAD FROM A BACKLOG DUETOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITHREPORTING.2 WORKS FOR YOU'S KATIEKELEHER IS LIVE AT TULSA'SO-S-U MEDICAL CENTER..

WITHMORE ON THE NEW NUMBERS...AND HOW HOSPITALS AREUPDATING THEIR SURGE PLAN.KATIE?THIS IS ONE OF THE HOSPITALSADDING ADDITIONAL BEDS.

THESTATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYSTHE TECHNICAL ISSUE IS NOWFIXED.BUT WHILE THEY WERE FIXINGIT - THEY DISCOVERED A BACKLOG OF 820 CASES.INTERIM STATE HEALTHCOMMISSIONER LANCE FRYE SAYSSOME of those ARE among THecases that went unreportedbecause of the recentglitch.

HOWEVER - SOMECOULD BE FROM EVEN EARLIER.Commissioner Frye SAYS THISDOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE WEREN'TNOTIFIED IF THEY testedPOSITIVE - THE CASES WEREJUST UNREPORTED.

HE ALSOSAYS THAT DESPITE THE glitchIN THE REPORTING SYSTEM -THE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE.COL.

LANCE FRYE, INTERIMCOMMISSIONER, OKLAHOMASTATE HEALTH DEPT.: "We goin and we reverify every oneof those cases to make surethey're not duplicated.

Soit's accurate, but it's justan older system.GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ALSOANNOUNCING CHANGES TO THESTATE'S HOSPITAL SURGE PLAN- WHICH INCLUDES ADDITIONALCOVID-19 BEDS.

THE STATEIS ADDING 340 BEDS INHOSPITALS IN THE OklahomaCity AND TULSA AREAS.

THEYALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD125 more BEDS here ATTULSA's O-S-U MEDICAL CENTERTHROUGH THE ARMY CORPS OFENGINEERS..

If needed.COMING UP AT 6 - HOW THESTATE'S P- P-E STOCK PILE ISHOLDING UP..

AND HOWHOSPITALS PLAN TO MAINTAINSTAFFING.

KATIE KELEHER... 2WORKS FOR YOU.