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COVID-19 case count continues to climb in SE Nebraska

By John Nixon

11/16/2020

(KLZA)-- The number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Nebraska continues an upward trend.

The latest update from the Southeast District Health Department indicates confirmed cases in their five-county service area increased by 256 from November 7 – 13, to 1,340.

Johnson County had the largest increase in confirmed cases with 93 new cases bringing their total to 239.

Richardson County had a case increase of 43 to 254. In Pawnee County the new number of confirmed cases was 46 an increase of 12.

Nemaha County had just 11 new cases last week bringing the total to 274. In Otoe County there were 89 cases confirmed in the past week bringing the county total to 438 cases.
The Southeast District Health Department changed the COVID-19 risk dial for the five-county area to red last week which is the most severe area on the dial.

The dial is in the red in Richardson, Nemaha and Otoe counties and remains orange in Pawnee and Johnson counties.

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