Aug 16, 2020

21 new cases, 1 death reported in WCDHD jurisdiction on Saturday

Posted Aug 16, 2020 3:16 AM

NORTH PLATTE, Neb.-The West Central District Health Department reported 21 new cases of COVID-19 in their jurisdiction on Saturday.

21 new positive cases in the WCDHD Jurisdiction.

1 case is from Logan County

1 case is from Hooker County

19 cases are from Lincoln County

One of the positives from 8/14/2020 was initially reported as a Lincoln County resident. This was corrected to McPherson County.

A COVID-19 related death is under investigation. This individual is a female in her 20s. We want to send our deepest and sincere condolences to the family.

*PLEASE NOTE: The weekly positivity rate on the dashboard is based on live data. You will see changes to the weekly number due to the fact that this is live data. We will report and make changes as we get additional data from the state system. This section is currently being worked on. You can still find our overall positivity rate in the table on the first page of the dashboard.