Texas County confirms 57 new positive COVID-19 cases

TEXAS COUNTY, Oklahoma (KVII) — Texas County officials have confirmed 57 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, May 10.

The new positive results are for 49 Guymon residents, three Hooker residents, two Texhoma residents, two Optima residents and one Adams resident.

Guymon ranks third in the state with 313 confirmed cases behind Oklahoma City’s 730 and Tulsa’s 476. The high amount of cases led to local leaders working together to request more testing. A Strike Team is set to assist the hospital’s testing of Seaboard Foods employees at the Guymon location this week. Additionally, the Texas County Health Department will be hosting another mass drive through testing on May 16 from 9 a.m., to 12 p.m., at the Texas County Activity Center.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 171 recovered in Texas County.

The amount of positive COVID cases in each city include:

Guymon 313

Hooker 54

Tyrone 10

Optima 5

Goodwell 5

Texhoma 12

Hardesty 1

Adams 1

Unspecified 3