Oklahoma Governor says he has donated plasma

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, the first governor in the nation to test positive for the coronavirus, says he has donated plasma to help other virus patients recover.

Stitt said in a statement Tuesday that he made the donation recently at an Oklahoma Blood Institute center in Enid.

Convalescent plasma is being researched as a potential treatment for the virus that as of Tuesday has infected a reported 44,728 people in Oklahoma and left 618 dead.