OMAHA - Here is the following updated June 23 weekly Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services numbers available from the Nebraska COVID-19 data on the Nebraska Public Health Atlas. That information no longer includes data on COVID-19 hospitalizations or deaths, hospital capacity, or vaccinations.

Positive test numbers declined slightly over the past week. Among 17,325 tests conducted in the week ending June 18, 2,611 resulted in positive cases. That decline brought Nebraska’s positivity rate from an adjusted 12.9% as of June 11 to 15.1% as of June 18. About a month ago, it was 9.7%.

In Omaha, the pandemic death toll is no 1,134 people, according to DCHD. The most recent 355 positive COVID cases bring the local pandemic total to 156,313 cases.

As of late Wednesday, area hospitals were caring for 100 COVID-19 patients, eight more than reported Tuesday. Of these, four were in pediatrics, 10 were adult patients in ICU, and two patients were on ventilators.

March 18 was reportedly the last time were 100 or more COVID019 hospitalizations in the Omaha-metro area, according to the health department.

As of late Wednesday, hospitals were 87% full with 183 beds available, down from 230 reported Tuesday. To date, 66.6% of all Douglas County residents have been vaccinated.

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