OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A health care provider at the neonatal intensive care unit of Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha has tested positive for COVID-19, hospital officials said Wednesday.
The provider was working last weekend and had contact with 10 patients, the hospital said in a news release. The families of the patients and hospital staff members who came in contact with the provider have been informed. The hospital didn't say whether the infected person is a doctor or has some other role, and it didn't give the person's sex or age. A hospital spokeswoman, Sarah Weller, also declined to give that information.
The provider was tested when he or she developed symptoms early this week and is now isolating at home, the hospital said. The news came a day after health officials reported that Nebraska has had 64 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The state hasn't reported any deaths yet.
For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, or death.