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SEDHD COVID-19 updates

By John Nixon

03/03/2021

(KLZA)--This weeks update on the number of COVID-19 cases within the Southeast District Health Department service area saw an increase of cases for the first time in several weeks.

For the period of February 21 – 27 there were 70 new cases confirmed in the five-county area compared to 49 new cases February 14 – 20.

In Richardson County the number of new cases increased from 8 to 24 bringing the total case count to 699 in Richardson County.

In Otoe County there were 28 new cases up from 21 new cases the previous week.

Pawnee County reported six new cases, there were eight new cases in Nemaha County, Nebraska and four new cases in Johnson County.

Pawnee County has now reported a total of 221 cases of COVID-19, there have been 638 in Johnson County, 733 in Nemaha County and 1,327 cases in Otoe County.

There have been 3,618 cases of COVID-19 in the SEDHD area since the pandemic began with 54 deaths reported.

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