OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — As coronavirus cases come in throughout our area on Thursday, KMTV will update this story with the latest numbers. Check back often for updates. The latest updates will be posted at the top. You can find cases at area schools here.
NEBRASKA
DOUGLAS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
- The Health Department reported 67 new cases of COVID-19, as received by midnight the previous day. This makes 12,413 cases in Douglas County since the outbreak began in March.
- During the past day, the Health Department received no new death certificates related to COVID-19. The total number of deaths in the county related to the pandemic remains at 147.
- The county has confirmed 8,440 county residents have recovered from the illness.
SARPY/CASS HEALTH DEPARTMENT
- To date, there has been a total of 2,823 Sarpy and Cass County residents test positive for COVID-19 out of the 36,370 tested.
- There have been 16 COVID-19 related deaths, including two deaths this week.
Cumulative summary of data for each county:
| CASS COUNTY | SARPY COUNTY | |
| Number of Tests | 4,375 | 31,995 |
| Number of Positive Individuals | 208 | 2,615 |
| Number of Recoveries | 159 | 2,270 |
| Number of Deaths | 2 | 15 |
| Percent of Population Tested Positive | 0.8% | 1.4% |
| Percent of Positives Over the Age of 50 Years | 37.9% | 29.2% |
| Percent of Positives Determined to be Community Acquired | 33% | 31.4% |
IOWA
It's also worth noting there are 300 people currently hospitalized. We haven't seen that many hospitalizations since the beginning of June. https://t.co/wHybMDLsKS
— Courtney Johns (@CourtneyJohnsTV) August 20, 2020