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New COVID-19 cases in SE Nebraska and NW Missouri

By John Nixon

04/16/2020

(KLZA)-- Two new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the region.

The Southeast District Health Department confirmed a fourth case of coronavirus within the district Wednesday evening.

A woman in her sixties who lives in Johnson County is employed at an assisted living facility in Gage County, where prior confirmed cases had been reported.

All identified close contacts will be asked to self-quarantine and be actively monitored by public health officials.

A female under the age of 18 who lives in Holt County, Missouri has been confirmed as a probable case by the Holt County Health Department. This second Holt County case is a close contact to a confirmed coronavirus case.

Individuals who may have been in close contact with the patient have been contacted.

Coronavirus cases are now classified as either confirmed or probable in accordance with a directive from the Centers for Disease Control.

A confirmed case meets the confirmed laboratory evidence of a clinical specimen using an approved detection test verified by a certified testing laboratory.

A probable case meets clinical criteria and evidence of close contact with a confirmed or probable case; travel to or residence in an area with sustained, ongoing community spread, or a member of a risk cohort, with no laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.

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