Politico | Coronavirus: Oklahoma governor who hosted Donald Trump’s Tulsa rally last month tests positive
- Kevin Stitt says he is certain he didn’t contract Covid-19 at president’s campaign event
- Tulsa’s top health official recently said Tump’s rally ‘more than likely’ contributed to surge in cases
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Caitlin Oprysko on politico.com on July 15, 2020.
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has tested positive for coronavirus, he said on Wednesday, as cases in his state hit record levels just a month after he hosted President Donald Trump’s first campaign rally amid the pandemic.
In a news conference he attended virtually, Stitt, a Republican, revealed that he had been getting tested for the virus periodically and most recently got tested on Tuesday when the results came back positive.
“I feel fine, I felt a little bit achy yesterday, I didn’t have a fever but just a little bit achy so I just did my regular testing and it came back positive,” Stitt said, adding that he wanted to be transparent with Oklahomans and use his story to remind residents to get tested if they are not feeling well.
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While several members of Congress have tested positive for the virus, Stitt is the first governor to publicly disclose that he contracted the virus.
Stitt said that because of his diagnosis he was isolating away from his family and would be working from home for the next few weeks. He added that he was working with contact tracers and “would not have been contagious since before Saturday”.