OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — On Thursday, the Douglas County Health Department reported 92 new positive COVID-19 tests have been received since the most recent report on Monday. The Health Department received one new confirmed COVID-19-related death certificate during this time for a vaccinated man in his 80s. The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Douglas County during the pandemic now is 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 Wednesday:
- Medical and surgical beds are at 89% occupancy with 160 staffed beds available.
- Adult ICU beds are occupied at a 79% rate with 65 staffed beds available.
- Pediatric ICU beds are at 94% capacity with eight beds available.
- There are 61 individuals hospitalized due to COVID-19,
- all are adults.
- Eleven are receiving ICU-level care.
- There is one additional adult COVID-19 person of interest (generally waiting for test results).
- Two individuals who are confirmed or suspected of having COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The number of positive cases since March of 2020 now totals 149,791.
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