(KLZA)-- The latest update on the number of COVID-19 cases within the five-county jurisdiction of the Southeast Nebraska Health Department shows a significant decrease in the number of new cases from the previous week.
January 24 – 30, the Health Department reported 68 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, that is 61 fewer new cases than the previous week.
Richardson County reported just seven new cases brining the total in the county to 652 with 18 deaths.
Pawnee County had just two new cases. Johnson County had five new cases, Nemaha County Nebraska reported 19 news cases pushing the county total to 702 with 11 deaths reported. Otoe County reported 35 new cases which brings the county total to 1,213 cses with seven deaths.
District wide there have now been 3,373 confirmed cases with 48 deaths reported.
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