Nebraska (2019-nCoV)

Additional COVID-19 Cases Identified In Three Nebraska Counties For Immediate Release: 3/24/2020 CONTACTS Leah Bucco-White, Communications, (402) 309-4157 [email protected] Khalilah LeGrand, Communications, (402) 853-1320 [email protected] LINCOLN – Additional cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Saunders, Washington and Lancaster counties. New cases include: A woman in her 50s from Saunders County who is currently self-isolating. Two Washingto…

Additional COVID-19 Cases Identified Five Nebraska Counties For Immediate Release: 3/23/2020 CONTACTS Leah Bucco-White, Communications, (402) 309-4157 [email protected] Khalilah LeGrand, Communications, (402) 853-1320 [email protected] LINCOLN – Additional cases of COVID-19 have been identified in several Nebraska counties: New cases include: A man and a woman in their 60s who are Washington County residents. They recently traveled and are self-isolating at home. …

Two Additional Travel-Related COVID-19 Cases Reported For Immediate Release: 3/22/2020 CONTACTS Leah Bucco-White, Communications, 402-309-4157 [email protected] Khalilah LeGrand, Communications, 402-853-1320 [email protected] LINCOLN – Two additional cases of COVID-19 were identified in two Nebraska counties: A woman in her 40s from Dawson County who recently traveled. She is currently self-isolating at home - https://www.trphd.org/ . Douglas County also anno…

Additional COVID-19 Cases Reported In Lancaster, Buffalo And Douglas Counties For Immediate Release: 3/21/2020 CONTACTS Leah Bucco-White, Communications, 402-309-4157 [email protected] Khalilah LeGrand, Communications, 402-853-1320 [email protected] LINCOLN – Four additional cases of COVID-19 were identified in three Nebraska counties. One case is the family member of the case announced in Lancaster County yesterday. The person is currently self-isolating at home - https://lincoln.ne.g…

Lincoln, Nemaha and Sarpy Counties reporting new cases LINCOLN – Four additional cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were identified in three Nebraska counties. Two cases are Lincoln County residents. One is a female in her 40s who recently traveled to Colorado and the other is a male in his 20s who was in close contact with a person who previously tested positive for COVID-19. Both new cases are self-isolating at home - One case is a man in his 60s from Nemaha County who also recently traveled to Colorado. He is isolating at home. For more information, go to http://sedhd.org/ . One case is a man in his 40s from Sarpy County with underlyin…

State total now 18 LINCOLN – The first community transmitted case of coronavirus disease 2019 was identified in Douglas County yesterday. Today, contact investigations related to cases of COVID-19 in Douglas County also have identified several events and locations in the Omaha area and Sarpy County that could result in potentially high numbers of people exposed in the community and could affect Nebraskans statewide. http://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/COVID-19-Case-Update-–-Potential-High-Numbers-of-Community-Exposures-Associated-with-Cases-in-Douglas-County.aspx

A child is the latest presumptive positive family member of the Nebraska woman who recently traveled to California and Nevada and tested positive for COVID-19. Bringing the total number of members in one family to seven and the state total to 14. They live in Douglas County and are self-isolating at home. http://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/A-child-related-to-the-family-with-six-known-positive-tests-of-COVID-19-is-the-latest-diagnosed.aspx