OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — On Monday, the Douglas County Health Department reported 102 new positive COVID-19 tests have been received since the most recent report on Thursday. During this period, the DCHDdid not receive any new confirmed COVID-19-related death certificates. The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Douglas County during the pandemic remains at 1,107.
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 update received by DCHD late Sunday:
- Medical and surgical beds are at 81% occupancy with 261 staffed beds available.
- Adult ICU beds are occupied at a 78% rate with 66 staffed beds available.
- Pediatric ICU beds are at 92% capacity with eleven beds available.
- There are 61 individuals hospitalized due to COVID-19, and all of them were adults.
- Eleven are receiving ICU-level care.
- There are no additional COVID-19 persons of interest.
- Two individuals who are confirmed or suspected of having COVID-19 are on ventilators.
The number of positive cases since March of 2020 now totals 149,852.
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