(KLZA)-- During the Community Medical Center online, joint communication release Monday, Grant Brueggemann, Director of the Southeast District Health Department provided an update on the COVID-19 cases within the departments five-county service area.
Brueggemann noted there were 74 new positive cases within the District last week which is the highest single week total since the pandemic began. The previous high was 51 cases the week of August 29.
In the past 30 days there have been 182 confirmed cases.
The total by county in the District includes:
179 in Otoe County;
143 in Nemaha County;
68 in Johnson County;
67 in Richardson County
18 in Pawnee County.
Nebraska has now recorded 501 deaths attributed to coronavirus since the beginning of the outbreak.
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