NEBRASKA
BREAKING: Total Nebraska Coronavirus cases up to 10
By DHHS (Press Release) |
Posted: Wed 7:48 PM, Mar 11, 2020 |
Updated: Wed 8:03 PM, Mar 11, 2020
LINCOLN, Neb. — Five additional presumptive positive case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) bringing the state total to 10. DHHS is awaiting final confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The new cases are family members of the woman who recently traveled to California and Nevada and tested positive for COVID-19. They live in Douglas County and are self-isolating at home.
VA
Virginia: 10 Cases Confirmed
Nine people have tested positive for the virus in Virginia.
The patients include a U.S. Marine who is assigned to Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County and lives at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Prince William County, two Fairfax City residents, an Arlington resident, a Spotsylvania County resident in his 50s and a Loudoun County resident in their 40s.
The Marine “recently returned from overseas, where he was on official business,” the Pentagon said in a statement. He started showing symptoms on Feb. 14 and returned to the U.S. several days later.
One of the Fairfax City residents to test positive is a man in his 80s who went on a Nile River cruise and began to develop symptoms on Feb. 28, officials said. He was hospitalized March 5. His spouse later tested positive.
The Arlington patient is in their 60s and “developed fever, cough and shortness of breath after having returned from international travel,” the state health department said.
A Loudoun County resident in their 40s tested positive after “attending Christ Church Georgetown,” the county announced. The resident is a member of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, the county fire chief confirmed. “No other personnel who were in contact with this member are known to be experiencing any symptoms,” the chief wrote.