WASHINGTON (KFOR) Gov. Kevin Stitt joined President Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday to discuss Oklahomas reopening progress during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
Stitt shared photos from the meeting on his official Twitter page.<\/p>\n
Thank you @realDonaldTrump for having me at the White House today to talk about how small businesses are key to America's recovery. <\/p>\n
We will be announcing more grants to Oklahoma small businesses tomorrow!<\/p>\n
Official White House Photos by Shealah Craighead pic.twitter.com\/ULl6kiTvr9<\/p>\n
Stitt met with the president as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n
The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports on Thursday that there have been 9,354 cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. OSDH reported on Wednesday that there were 8,904 cases of coronavirus.<\/p>\n
Thats an increase of 450 cases, 5.1 percent.<\/p>\n
Stitt said the increase in cases is expected since the state has been reopening for the past two months.<\/p>\n
We had an uptick in the number of cases, so the media tries to talk about that, Stitt said. We knew we were going to have an increase a little bit because were 56 days into reopening but whats interesting is that its the 18-35 group that weve seen a slight increase, but theyre the asymptomatic, and were testing so many people right now than we were initially.<\/p>\n
OSDH officials recently told KFOR that the rise in coronavirus cases is due to community spread.<\/p>\n
Oklahoma began its statewide, three-phase reopening in late April.<\/p>\n
Also, large-scale protests have been held in Oklahoma since late May, days after George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed by white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.<\/p>\n
Dr. Dale Bratzler, the Chief COVID-19 Officer for the University of Oklahoma, said the spike in cases is not related to an increase in COVID-19 testing.<\/p>\n
Trump will hold a Make America Great Again rally at the BOK Center in Tulsa on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The BOK Center has a seating capacity of 19,199, but officials expect around 100,000 people to show up for the rally.<\/p>\n
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