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There were 1,517 new confirmed cases in the past week among people who were not previously infected, according to an Iowa Department of Health and Human Services report.

On Feb. 7, 2020, some 57 Americans who had been in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, landed in Omaha and were shuttled to Camp Ashland.

Nebraska recorded 14 COVID-related deaths during the past week, bringing the pandemic total to 4,746.

COVID cases in Nebraska hit a nine-month low last week with the state apparently experiencing something it has never seen during the three-year pandemic — a winter lull.

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New University of Iowa-involved research shows "significant protection" from the bivalent shot among adults 65 and older.

Only 19% of adults in Nebraska, 22% in Iowa and 18% nationally are up to date on all their shots.

Combined with the low rate of people up to date on their booster shots, the more contagious variant is translating into more cases, hospitalizations and deaths, an expert said.

A new variant, XBB.1.5, now is becoming dominant in the U.S., according to the CDC. But that variant has not yet appeared in Nebraska variant surveillance reports.

The athletic departments across Iowas public universities have together spent over $7.3 million on COVID-19 testing and other pandemic precautions and measures.