OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — The Douglas County Health Department on Thursday confirmed that 97 new cases of COVID-19 were received by the Department since our last report one week ago. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the county since March of 2020 is now 183,441.
The case numbers reported do not include at-home tests. The county health department still encourages Douglas County residents to report their at-home test results because health officials do review them.
During the past week, DCHD received confirmation of two additional COVID-19-related deaths. Two men over 80 have died. One of them had been vaccinated. The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Douglas County during the pandemic is now 1,330.
The health department told 3 News Now that it considers being vaccinated for COVID-19 as having the first two shots and that individuals who are listed as vaccinated may or may not have had boosters.
The Omaha Metropolitan Healthcare Coalition — which encompasses Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders, Dodge, and Washington counties in Nebraska, plus hospitals in Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley, Iowa — releases updated COVID-19 case counts and a hospital occupancy report to the Douglas County Health Department on Mondays and Thursdays. The overall numbers include both COVID-19 patients and hospitalized patients for all other illnesses and injuries unless otherwise noted.
According to the most recent local hospital coalition update received by DCHD on Wednesday:
- There were 68 individuals hospitalized who had COVID-19, including two pediatric cases.
- Six patients were receiving ICU-level care.
- Three people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 were on a ventilator.
- Medical and surgical beds were occupied at a 79% rate with 367 staffed beds available.
- Adult ICU beds were occupied at an 85% rate with 41 staffed beds available.
- Pediatric ICU beds were at 82% of capacity with nine beds available.
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