OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — On Monday, the Douglas County Health Department reported that 84 new positive COVID-19 tests have been received in its semi-weekly report since last Thursday. During this time, DCHD received one new confirmed COVID-19-related death certificate, and the number of COVID-19-related deaths in Douglas County during the pandemic is now 1,106.
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 Sunday:
- Medical and surgical beds are at 85% occupancy with 217 staffed beds available.
- Adult ICU beds are occupied at an 83% rate with 53 staffed beds available.
- Pediatric ICU beds are at 92% capacity with 11 beds available.
- There are 69 individuals hospitalized due to COVID-19,
- including 68 adults and one pediatric case.
- Fourteen of the adults are receiving ICU-level care.
- There was one adult COVID-19 person of interest (generally waiting for test results).
- Five individuals who are confirmed or suspected of having COVID-19 are on ventilators.
The number of positive cases since March of 2020 now totals 149,784.
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