COVID-19 pandemic in Nebraska

The COVID-19 pandemic first entered the U.S. state of Nebraska in early March 2020. As of July 12, 2021, over 225,000 people in the state had been infected by COVID-19. Just over 2,260 people in the state were killed by the virus.

As of May 28, 2021, Nebraska had given almost 1.7 million doses in COVID-19 vaccines. The state had fully vaccinated well over 867,000 people, about 45% of the Nebraska population.[1]

The first case of COVID-19 in the state happened Friday, March 6. That case was a thirty-six-year-old woman that had just returned to the United States after having traveled to England.[2] The first two COVID-19 deaths were reported within three weeks of the first COVID-19 case in Nebraska. The first was a man in his fifties from Douglas County. The man had begun quarantining at his residence the day before. Just before 6pm that same Friday, a female in her sixties was the second death from the COVID-19 virus in the state. The woman was from Hall County.[3] Just under three weeks following the first reported COVID case in Nebraska, the state had almost seven dozen cases by Friday, March 27.[4]

By Friday, April 17, the number of Nebraska COVID-19 cases had gone past 1,000.[5] In mid-April 2020, a strong explosion in cases associated with meat packing plants started emerging. By April 21, 237 coronavirus cases were linked with a JBS plant in Grand Island alone.[6] By April 28, coronavirus cases in Nebraska had more than tripled in only eleven days to reach 3,374.[7]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Nebraska Overview". Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Nebraska Confirms the First COVID-19 Case". Nebraska Public Media. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Two COVID-19 Deaths Reported in Nebraska". KETV Omaha. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts Waives Healthcare License Restrictions". WOWT 6. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Nebraska Coroavirus Cases Top 1,000". The Omaha World Herald. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  6. ↑ "237 Coronavirus Cases Tied to JBS Beef Plant in Grand Island". The Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  7. ↑ "New Nebraska Coronavirus Cases Include 36 in Grand Island". Live Well Nebraska. Retrieved July 13, 2021.



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