Over the weekend, following federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, Bynum limited gatherings at city facilities to 250 people. When the CDC lowered that threshold to 50 on Sunday, he lowered the city limit to 50.

The restrictions were not put in place with the expectation that they would stop the virus in its tracks, Bynum said.

“What we want to do is have a slow level of contagion so that our health care providers who are here, who need to assist those who are most in need of medical assistance, are able to do so,” he said.

The three Tulsa County COVID-19 cases involve a man in his 50s and two women, one in her 40s and one in her 20s. All three are suspected of contracting the virus either out of state or out of the country.

A total of 10 people in the state have tested positive for the disease, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. No one in the state has died from it.

Dart reiterated on Monday that although there has been no known “community spread” of the disease in Tulsa County, he does not expect that luck to last much longer.