LINCOLN- More Nebraskans are returning to such activities as concerts, movies, and sporting events as the state’s COVID case counts continue their downward trend.

The state reported only 650 new COVID-19 cases last week, the lowest number in nearly eight months. Nebraska continues to have among the nation’s lowest case rates, last week trailing only Louisiana. Cases were down 98% from omicron peak levels seen seven weeks earlier. An average of 180 Nebraskans were hospitalized with the coronavirus last week, down 28% from the previous week. The 152 people hospitalized on Friday represented the lowest number since mid-July.

Dr. Mark Rupp, chief of the infectious diseases division at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said Monday that it’s now OK for residents to enjoy the easing of the pandemic.

“I think we do have this hiatus right now that I’m telling people they should be enjoying,” he said.

Rupp said Nebraskans need to realize that the situation can — and likely will — change. If it does, people will need to adapt to changing public health recommendations and return to such measures as masking and distancing.

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