OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — On Thursday, the Douglas County Health Department reported 34 new positive COVID-19 tests had been received since midnight the previous day. During the same period, the DCHD received a death certificate for one confirmed COVID-19-related death for a vaccinated man in his 60s. The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Douglas County during the pandemic is now 1,082.
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 a near-daily basis. 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 Wednesday:
- Medical and surgical beds are at 89% occupancy with 158 staffed beds available.
- Adult ICU beds are occupied at an 84% rate with 50 staffed beds available.
- Pediatric ICU beds are at 93% capacity with nine beds available.
- There are 170 individuals hospitalized due to COVID-19,
- Including 162 adults and eight pediatric cases.
- Twenty-nine of the adults are receiving ICU-level care.
- There are no additional COVID-19 persons of interest.
- Eighteen individuals who were confirmed or suspected of having COVID-19 are on ventilators.
The number of positive cases since March of 2020 now totals 141,501.
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