North Central District Health Department (NCDHD) has been made aware of 159 cases in the district since the last reporting on 11/12: 19-Antelope; 9-Boyd; 21-Brown; 26-Cherry; 27-Holt; 6-Keya Paha; 13-Knox; 36-Pierce; 2-Rock.
NCDHD has expanded its COVID-19 testing capacities to include a 15-minute rapid test, in addition to the gold standard PCR test already offered. The rapid test will be offered only to individuals who are currently exhibiting symptoms associated with COVID.
All testing is offered free of charge at the below locations:
- O’Neill: Monday- Thursday from 8:30a-10:30a in the north parking lot of the O’Neill Armory. The armory is located at the corner of 4th and Hynes Ave.
- Bassett: Tuesdays from 1p-3p at the Rock County Fair Grounds.
- Pre-registration for testing at www.testnebraska.com is highly encouraged, but not required.
- The last patient will be scheduled 15 minutes before the scheduled end of the clinic.
Cherry County Hospital is offering Test Nebraska COVID clinics Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1:30pm-3:30pm. Testing is in the north parking lot of the Valentine United Methodist Church, located at 804 E. 5th St. Valentine, NE. Pre-registration is strongly recommended, though not required.
Case count update as of 11/16/2020 at 4:00 PM: 2247 Total Cases (TC), 871 Recoveries (R), 30 Deaths* (D), and 777 total cases reported in the last 14 days. A reminder that Total Case (TC) numbers are represented first, and of those total cases the number of Recovered (R) persons is represented second, and total case related Deaths (D) is represented third.
*NCDHD has verified this number, and was later corrected to 28 at the time of the report.
Antelope: TC: 282, R:112, D: 1
Boyd: TC: 99, R: 36; D:2
Brown: TC: 142, R: 62, D: 2
Cherry: TC: 239, R: 94, D:5
Holt: TC: 491, R: 133, D: 6
Keya Paha: TC: 15, R: 2
Knox: TC: 480, R: 237, D: 1
Pierce: TC: 411, R: 127, D:11
Rock: TC: 88, R:68