Douglas County reports two more COVID-19 deaths

The Douglas County Health Department is reporting two more COVID-19 coronavirus deaths on Thursday.

The latest deaths were a woman in her 40's with underlying conditions and a man in his 50's. The deaths bring the total number of known COVID-19 related deaths in Douglas County up to 23.

The Health Department also reported 110 new cases of COVID-19 in the county on Thursday. That brings the total number of COVID-19 cases reported in the county to 1,911 since the start of the outbreak.

As of Wednesday night, local hospitals reported having 477 medical surge beds available with 116 patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Of the 374 ventilators available to area hospitals, 120 were in use, including 42 for confirmed COVID-19 patients.

DCHD has confirmed that 305 county residents have recovered from the illness.


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