LINCOLN- While concerns are rising across the globe about a new omicron subvariant, Nebraska continues to see falling COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

Cases fell by nearly half in Nebraska last week, from 650 to 354, according to a World-Herald analysis of federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. The last time Nebraska saw so few cases in a week was nine months ago, in early June 2021.

Nebraska cases have now fallen eight straight weeks since the highly contagious omicron variant peaked in January at more than 29,000 reported weekly cases. They're down almost 99% since then.

Nebraska also continues to have one of the nation's lowest per-capita case rates, ranking fourth after South Carolina, Kansas, and Nevada.

In a number of European countries, cases once again are on the rise as the new omicron subvariant BA.2 takes hold. It's thought to be 30% to 50% more contagious than omicron.

Nebraska as of Monday was reporting 18 cases of BA.2.

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