COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic impacts on businesses

62% of Companies Predict Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Looking back over the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, company experiences varied widely across the United States, with 32% saying they struggled quite a bit.

A tent used as an overflow waiting area is shown in front of the emergency room entrance at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton Tuesday. CARL LEWIS/LEDGER PHOTO

Out of room, CCMH erects OSDH emergency overflow tent

Tim Farley

Thursday, September 9, 2021

LAWTON — COVID-19 cases have increased more than 3000% at Comanche County Memorial Hospital since the end of July, prompting state and local officials to erect a large tent to be used as an additional emergency room waiting area for the foreseeable future.

COVID-19 IN OKLAHOMA

No ICU beds available in SWOK, vax rates rising

Tim Farley

Thursday, September 2, 2021

LAWTON — Southwest Oklahoma’s top health official had good news and bad news Wednesday when she said there were no available ICU beds in that part of the state.

A lab at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton.

COVID cases rise, straining hospital staff

Michael Kinney

Thursday, November 19, 2020

LAWTON – With a rising infection rate in Oklahoma, Dr. Scott Michener, chief medical officer at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, knew the hospital was scarce for lifesaving equipment and at some point would run out. Nov.

COVID-19 rapid test

Insider Q&A: Quidel CEO talks rapid testing for coronavirus

News Staff

Thursday, September 3, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) – Speed and accuracy are key features when screening for coronavirus. Quidel Corp. is one of a handful of U.S. companies authorized to sell a rapid test for COVID-19, yielding results in about 15 minutes. The test is run on a small machine that is used in clinics and doctor offices.

*Rank is based on the number of cases per 100,000 per square mile. Shima Hamidi, Sadegh Sabouri & Reid Ewing (2020). “Does Density Aggravate the COVID-19 Pandemic?,” Journal of the American Planning Association, DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2020.1777891

Population density and the COVID-19 pandemic

Steve Sichterman Data Journalist

Thursday, July 23, 2020

In a June article of the Journal of the American Planning Association, three researchers utilized the current COVID-19 pandemic as a case study to investigate the relationships between densely populated areas and the spread of disease.

Population Density

Population Density and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Steve Sichterman Data Journalist

Friday, July 17, 2020

In the latest issue of the Journal of the American Planning Association, three researchers utilized the current COVID-19 pandemic as a case study to investigate the relationships between densely populated areas and the spread of disease.

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