Public Health Solutions’ district in southeast Nebraska surpassed 4,000 total cases of COVID-19 this week. The department released its weekly figures on Friday, and the five counties it serves reported 383 new cases from the last week, bringing the running total to 4,234. In the last week there have been 171 new cases in Gage, 79 in Jefferson, 84 in Saline, 24 in Fillmore and 25 in Thayer counties. Running totals by county are now 1,519 cases in Gage, 455 in Jefferson, 1,598 in Saline, 372 in Fillmore and 290 in Thayer counties. All but one county saw a decrease in positivity rate of testing during the week.

Source: Daily Sun December 11, 2020 16:18 UTC