Choctaw Nation providing vaccine to general public

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The Choctaw Nation is the latest Oklahoma-based tribe to announce it is providing vaccines to the general public.

The Durant-based tribe also announced Monday it is partnering with a new national database that allows people to be put on standby to receive unused doses of the vaccine.

Native American tribes in Oklahoma have been receiving separate allocations of vaccines from the federal government.

Oklahoma health officials said Monday there were 226 confirmed new coronavirus cases and 29 new deaths.

That brings the total number of confirmed infections in the state to more than 440,000 and the state’s death count to 7,961.