Nebraska Immunization Program News Today

  The first shipments of COVID-19 vaccine arrived this week, and it’s expected that 15,600 doses will be given to hospital and EMS workers in a number of Nebraska communities by week’s end.   DHHS intends to launch a COVID-19 vaccine dashboard next week that will share a variety of metrics that provide a picture of how vaccinations are progressing over time.   By month’s end, Nebraska may receive 104,000 doses of vaccine targeted for health care personnel, and residents and staff of l...

Nebraska City News-Press The latest statewide total of COVID-19 cases is 150,861 as of Dec. 15. There have been 161 COVID-19-related deaths in Nebraska reported in the last seven days, for a total of 1,438. To date, a total of 85,127 Nebraskans testing positive for COVID-19 have recovered. Hospitalizations for COVID-19 patients have remained lower than recent highs, with Nebraska hospitals caring for an average of 727 people a day over the last seven days, versus an average of 805 and 910 peopl...