A top Tulsa health official said Trump's campaign rally 'more than likely contributed' to the county's surge in coronavirus cases

• Tulsa Health Department Director Dr. Bruce Dart said Wednesday that Trump's indoor campaign rally "more than likely contributed" to the surge of coronavirus cases in the county and state of Oklahoma as a whole.
• "In the past few days, we've seen almost 500 new cases, and we had several large events just over two weeks ago, so I guess we just connect the dots," he said.
• Oklahoma recorded its highest daily rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with 858 infections detected in a 24-hour period.
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A top health official in Tulsa, Oklahoma — where President Donald Trump held an indoor campaign rally — said the event "more than likely contributed" to the county's surge in coronavirus cases.

"In the past few days, we've seen almost 500 new cases, and we had several large events just over two weeks ago, so I guess we just connect the dots," Tulsa Health Department Director Dr. Bruce Dart said.

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