LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in Nebraska dipped below 700 Sunday for the first time since early November, but the total remains high.
The state said 692 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Sunday, down from 711 the day before. That is the first time since Nov. 4 that the number of hospitalizations was below 700, but the total is still triple what it was on Oct. 1 when 227 people were being treated in hospitals.
Nebraska reported 1,173 new virus cases and eight new deaths Sunday to give the state 148,861 cases and 1,373 deaths since the pandemic began.
The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Nebraska decreased over the past two weeks, going from 1,756.29 new cases per day on Nov. 29 to 1,302.86 new cases per day on Sunday.