The Douglas County Health Department is reporting 20 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus on Wednesday.
The addition of Wednesday's cases brings the total number of positive COVID-19 tests in the county to 325 since the start of the outbreak. There are 12 females and eight males included in these test results with an age range of 12 to 63 years. Seven of these individuals had contact with a known case, five were community-acquired, two cases came about due from travel and six cases remain under investigation. There are no known hospitalizations among these individuals.
As of Tuesday night, local hospitals reported 592 medical surge beds were available and that 44 patients were currently hospitalized with coronavirus. Of the 398 ventilators available to area hospitals, 106 were in use, including 15 for confirmed COVID-19 patients.
The Health Department is also joining in with Governor Ricketts in urging all Nebraskans to visit testnebraska.com and complete the questionnaire. The questionnaire will show public health the extent to which COVID-19 is established in our area and help the State of Nebraska develop targeting strategies for testing while helping to form policies to ease restrictions. “Please share this information with everyone you know,” Health Director Dr. Adi Pour said. “Working together we can crush the virus.”
COVID-19 symptoms may include a fever, cough, sore throat, severe fatigue or difficulty breathing and in most cases a person will have more than one symptom.