Cedar County sees 72 new COVID-19 cases

WAYNE — Seventy-two Cedar County residents contracted COVID-19 in the last week, according to records released Monday by the Northeast Nebraska Public Health Department office.

Cedar County has now had 693 positive COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began last March. Of those, the Health Department reports 452 people have recovered and eight people have died from the disease.

A select number of Nebraska residents began taking the COVID-19 vaccine last week. As of Monday morning, 8,985 Nebraskans have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. The first round of vaccines were targeted to hospital and health care workers providing direct patient care, as well as emergency medical technicians, paramedics and those who will be vaccinating priority groups in the months to come.