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TULSA — Oklahoma has more than enough hospital beds, intensive care unit beds and ventilators to handle the peak of COVID-19 in Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt said Friday.

Even at the worst estimates, Oklahoma will have the hospital capacity and supplies necessary to treat all COVID-19 patients in need of rigorous care, Stitt said at a news conference.

Modeling released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health shows that 9,300 Oklahomans will contract the virus and 469 will die from COVID-19 by May 1.

The governor also gave the first glimpse at a state-specific model that show the virus will peak in Oklahoma on or around April 21.