OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — The Douglas County Health Department on Thursday reported 592 new positive COVID-19 tests were received since Monday’s report when the new case count stood at 776. Hospitalizations, however, have risen slightly. On Monday, there were 145 individuals with COVID-19 in area hospitals and today there are 154.
The case numbers reported do not include at-home tests. The county health department still encourages Douglas County residents to report their at-home test results because health officials do review them.
The Health Department received two new COVID-19-related death certificates since Monday’s report. Two women over the age of 80 died and both were vaccinated. The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Douglas County during the pandemic is now 1,142.
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 on Wednesday:
- There were 154 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 including four pediatric cases.
- Seventeen adults were receiving ICU-level care.
- Eight people who were confirmed or suspected of having COVID-19 were on a ventilator.
- Medical and surgical beds were occupied at an 86% occupancy rate with 190 staffed beds available.
- Adult ICU beds were occupied at a 90% rate with 29 staffed beds available.
- Pediatric ICU beds were at 91% of capacity with 12 beds available.
- There were three additional COVID-19 persons of interest, including one potential pediatric case.
The number of positive cases since March of 2020 now totals 162,813.
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