Tulsa, Oklahoma City order residents to shelter in place

The Associated Press - March 29, 2020 9:13 am

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The mayors of Tulsa and Oklahoma City on Saturday issued shelter-in-place orders for residents amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The Oklahoma Department of Health said on Saturday that 15 people with coronavirus had died, an increase from eight the day earlier. There are at least 377 cases of people with COVID-19 in Oklahoma.

U.S. Rep. Tom Cole said on Saturday that the doctor-recommended self-quarantine he entered after being around a fellow congressman who tested positive for COVID-19 had ended.

 

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