A second long-term resident of the Douglas County Health Center has died from COVID-19.
On Tuesday, Douglas County officials received confirmation that the woman in her 90's, who suffered from several underlying health complications, had died.
Additionally, the Health Center has seven new COVID-19 positive cases, five staff members and two long term care residents. Since March 29, the Health Center has had 25 positive COVID-19 cases in total – 15 long term care residents and 10 employees, including the two residents who passed away.
Nine of the residents are currently isolated in their rooms at the Health Center and four of the residents are hospitalized. All are in stable condition.
Erin Nelson, administrator of Douglas County Health Center, said the five employees who most recently tested positive were in contact with the original positive cases in one of the contained areas of the Health Center. “We are hopeful we have the virus contained in those two areas of the Health Center. We basically turned those two areas into our own quarantine with guidance from Nebraska Medicine’s Biocontainment Unit experts.”
Nelson says the majority of the staff members who have tested positive are in isolation at home and a few have fully recovered and have returned to their normal activities. “We are so grateful to hear that our employees who tested positive are recovering. This has been extremely difficult for all of us, but we are so appreciative of our frontline workers who are going above and beyond to care for our residents."
The Douglas County Health Center says they continue to follow CDC recommendations and are in constant communication with the infectious disease team at Nebraska Medicine for guidance specific to the COVID-19 pandemic.