Contractor Contracts COVID-19 At Tinker Air Force Base

Contractor Contracts COVID-19 At Tinker Air Force Base

A contractor at Tinker Air Force Base contracted COVID-19, the base confirmed Thursday morning.

According to Tinker Air Force Base, the contractor was assigned to base civil engineering.

The person has been quarantined for the past six days.

The new case now raises the total to 34 total cases at the base since the pandemic began spreading statewide in March.

The spread of the virus appears to be slowing at Tinker. There have been 11 new positive cases of COVID-19 since April 22.

Tinker Air Force Base reported its first confirmed case of the virus on March 25.