TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) – Gov. Kevin Stitt said Friday that state officials aren’t expecting a surge of COVID-19 patients in Oklahoma hospitals.

Though, he assured the public, they are prepared if a surge were to come.

“We have continued to trend down,” Stitt said, noting that there are currently 325 people hospitalized for coronavirus in Oklahoma after hospitalizations peaked at 560 on March 30.

Stitt said the state’s hospital capacity is in good shape, and he announced Integris Baptist Medical Center Portland Avenue in Oklahoma City will join Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa as flex locations for coronavirus patients if the need is there.

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“I know how badly many of you want to get back to normal, get back to a normal way of life,” Stitt said.

He said he spoke with the president and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s chief infectious disease expert, on Thursday, and he said they’re focusing on what’s needed to reopen businesses and get Oklahomans back to a sense of normalcy.

The governor said contact tracing and enhanced testing are two keys to reopening businesses.

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Medical students will be used to help the state with additional contact tracing, which is a way to slow the spread of a virus by monitoring people who have been in contact with an infected person.

Stitt also said he hopes to offer more details next week about plans to safely reopen businesses and ease restrictions that were put in place throughout the outbreak.

Stitt said there’s ample testing capacity for anyone with symptoms, and they’re making two more mobile testing sites available in Tulsa. More information is available online or by calling 211.

State officials are making progress on antibody testing, and they’re “laser focused” on protecting residents in nursing homes, who have accounted for a third of the state’s 136 coronavirus-related deaths.

The governor urged people to maintain social distancing and maintain hope.

“There is light at the end of the tunnel,” he said.