OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — On Tuesday, the Douglas County Health Department reported 257 new positive COVID-19 tests had been received since its last report on Friday. During the same period, the DCHD received two COVID-19-related death certificates, one for a woman in her 50s and the other for a man in his 70s. Both were unvaccinated.
The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Douglas County during the pandemic is now 1,057.
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 Monday:
- Medical and surgical beds are at 85% occupancy with 219 staffed beds available.
- Adult ICU beds are occupied at an 82% rate with 53 staffed beds available.
- Pediatric ICU beds are at 91% capacity with 12 beds available.
- There are 260 individuals hospitalized due to COVID-19,
- Including 249 adults and eleven pediatric cases.
- Thirty-five of the adults are receiving ICU-level care.
- There are three additional adult COVID-19 persons of interest (generally waiting for test results),
- Including two adults and one potential pediatric case.
- Fourteen individuals who were confirmed or suspected of having COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The number of positive cases since March of 2020 now totals 141,481.
DCHD provides the following clinics where you can choose to be vaccinated:
Wednesday
Clair Memorial United Methodist Church, 5544 Ames Ave. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Pfizer 5-plus & Moderna.
Thursday
Simple Foundation, 3003 Q St., 3-6 p.m. Pfizer 5-plus.
Omaha South High Magnet School, 4519 S. 24th St. Pfizer 5-plus.
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