Public Health Solutions this week dialed back its COVID-19 risk level for the five-county district in southeast Nebraska. The organization’s risk dial had been in the red “severe” risk level for several weeks, but was lowered this week to the orange “elevated” level. This week Gage County also saw its fewest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 since mid October. {{featured_button_text}}The highest weekly number of confirmed cases for Gage County was 203 during the second week of November, one week before area health officials enacted a mask mandate for Beatrice. Public Health Solutions reported there have been 37 deaths in the district linked to COVID-19, and there are five death certificates pending.

Source: Daily Sun December 18, 2020 14:26 UTC