State Department of Health comments on spike in COVID-19 case numbers

• Significant increase in cases due in part to lags in holiday testing, reporting

OKLAHOMA CITY — State Commissioner of Health Dr. Lance Frye issued the following statement regarding the spike in COVID-19 case numbers:

“Today the State Department of Health reported 6,487 new cases of COVID-19 and 23 deaths. This rise in reported COVID-19 cases is due in part to a decrease in testing and a less consi…