LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The number of coronavirus vaccines being distributed per day in Nebraska rebounded this week to the level it was at before the New Year's holiday.
The state said 2,969 vaccines were distributed on Monday, which is the most recent data available. That is up from the weekend low of 361 doses on Sunday and in line with the roughly 3,000 doses per day that were administered last week before New Year's Day.
Nebraska officials have said they expect the pace of vaccine distribution to increase significantly over the next two weeks. So far the state has administered 39,691 of the 104,504 doses of the vaccine it has received.
The state reported 1,448 new cases of the virus and 10 new deaths Tuesday to give the state 171,033 cases and 1,692 deaths linked to COVID-19.
The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Nebraska decreased over the past two weeks, going from 1,108.43 new cases per day on Dec. 22 to 962.29 new cases per day on Tuesday.
The number of people hospitalized with the virus in Nebraska declined Tuesday to 515 from the previous day's 527. That total has remained relatively steady over the past two weeks, and it is well below the November peak of 987.