OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in Nebraska has dropped to its lowest level since the beginning of October.
The state said 230 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Wednesday, which continued the steady downward trend since the number peaked at 987 in November. The last time that number was lower was Oct. 1 when 227 people were hospitalized.
The number of new cases in the state has also been shrinking lately. Nebraska reported 374 new cases and four deaths Wednesday to give the state a total of 195,006 cases and 1,990 deaths. The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Nebraska decreased over the past two weeks, going from 686.29 new cases per day on Jan. 27 to 370 new cases per day on Wednesday.
In the past two weeks, more than 175,000 people have registered to be notified when they are eligible for the coronavirus vaccine since the vaccinate.ne.gov site launched. Nebraska said Thursday that 5.3% of the state's population has received both required doses of a vaccine, and 258,562 total doses of the vaccine have been administered, including 12,004 on Wednesday.