Hospitals face 'dire' situation as delta variant takes hold

Oklahoma’s seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases grew to 2,049, an increase of 345 from one week earlier, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported Thursday. The Health Department is urging "every eligible Oklahoman to get the vaccine" to ward off the virulent COVID-19 strain as new cases threaten to overwhelm the hospital system. Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City was caring for 57 COVID-...