Mayor of Oklahoma’s largest city receives coronavirus vaccine

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The mayor of Oklahoma’s largest city has publicly received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt received a vaccine dose Monday at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department.

He encouraged other Oklahomans to sign up to receive the vaccine as soon as possible.

About 85% of Oklahoma residents are currently eligible to receive the vaccine after state health officials opened eligibility last week to workers in essential industries.

Oklahoma on Monday reported no new deaths and 310 confirmed new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to more than 432,000 while the state’s death count remained at 7,486.