by Jordan Green, News Editor
Northwestern Oklahoma State University has 14 active student cases of the coronavirus, a decrease of one case compared to Sept. 11, university officials said.
The university had 15 active cases Sept. 4, officials said.
In a recent email to students, University President Janet Cunningham said the total number of positive COVID-19 cases among Northwestern students includes cases at all of the university’s campuses in Alva, Enid, and Woodward.
Officials did not identify the students who tested positive for the virus. No university employees have tested positive for the virus, officials said.
Officials first reported on Aug. 28 the number of students who have COVID-19. At the time, six students had tested positive for it.
University officials will report the number of active COVID-19 cases each Friday on the university’s website, Cunningham said. To see the number of cases on all campuses, visit https://www.nwosu.edu/coronavirus/active-covid-19-cases-nwosu.
As of press time Wednesday, the City of Alva had 27 cases of the virus, though no new cases have been reported since Sept. 9. Twenty-two of the people who tested positive for the virus have recovered, leaving five active cases in the city. No one in the city has died from the virus, officials said.
Woods County had 33 positive COVID-19 cases as of press time. No new cases have been reported since Sept. 9. Twenty-seven people have recovered from the virus, leaving six positive cases in the county.
No one in the county has died from the virus, officials said.
The State of Oklahoma had 71,314 cases of the virus as of press time, data from the Oklahoma State Health Department shows. Of those cases, 10,409 are active. Statewide, 59,993 people have recovered from the virus, and 912 people have died from it.
The U.S. has more than 6.5 million cases of the virus. More than 194,000 Americans have died from it, and more than 2.4 million have recovered from it.