I do not post this in an effort to try and argue with you about your opinions regarding wearing of masks, social distancing, and the economic downturn, etc., I just want to point out that although the case count posted for 5/21 was high, it wasn't the highest of any day, and that statements like that regarding the largest daily increase in covid cases should be viewed within the context of the data of our area.
Case count posted for 5/21 is 148. There are other dates that recorded higher daily confirmed cases:
4/1 - 154
4/2 - 160
4/4 - 171
4/9 - 160
5/16 - 151
There are several other dates in the 120-140 range, but still technically under 148. After seeing this, I thought that maybe I had not understood the statistic you were providing, and thought you meant it was the largest increase from one day to the next, and not necessarily the largest overall number. On 5/20, the posted number was 43, and with 148 on 5/21, the jump was 105 cases. While that's also an alarming number, there was a jump of 108 cases between 4/8 and 4/9 from 52 to 160. There are also several cases of jumps in the 80-90 range. I'm not posting all of this data for any sort of 'gotcha' or 'you're wrong' type of intent. Not in the slightest. My only aim was to provide a little context. While 148 cases is a lot of people, it's a drop in the bucket compared to other states. While a statement that OK has seen it single largest daily case count increase sounds like a damning statement, viewed within the context of the rest of the OK data, it isn't anything out of the ordinary. Generalized statements like that are easy to make when the data set is as small as ours. The total number for 5/21, as well as the jump from 5/20 to 5/21 isn't really alarming when looking at the data as a whole. Considering the increases in daily testing, I'm somewhat encouraged that the counts haven't gone up commensurate with the larger number people being tested. That would show that the infection rate is actually lowering.
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