The Douglas County Health Department is reporting its 21st COVID-19 coronavirus related death.
On Monday, the department said that the county's most recent COVID-related death was that of a woman over the age of 90.
The Health Department also reported 39 new cases of COVID-19 in the county on Monday. The Nebraska DHHS has told the Douglas County Health Department that the low number is due to a glitch in the laboratory reporting system. DCHD is working on developing further data from these newest cases. Since the start of the outbreak, there have been 1,635 positive COVID-19 cases reported in the county. Roughly 22% of tests administered last week were positive, marking the second week of positive test results topping the 20% mark.
As of Saturday night, local hospitals reported that 522 medical surge beds were available and that 96 patients are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Of the 373 ventilators available to area hospitals, 148 were in use, including 38 for confirmed COVID-19 patients.
Douglas County Health has confirmed 247 county residents have recovered from the illness.