Unified Command Confirms four more COVID-19 Cases

The Unified Command announced July 14 that there are four more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Panhandle area. The four include a woman in her 50s in Deuel County (Community Spread), a man in his 60s in Morrill County (Community Spread), a woman in her 50s in Scotts Bluff (unknown origin) and a man in his 20s (unknown origin).

The Panhandle Public Health Department also announced a community exposure site at Cedar Lanes in Sidney. The PPHD encourages anyone who was at the business between 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. July 8 to monitor for symptoms and get tested if you begin experiencing any symptoms. The PPHD release says the community exposure site is announced because the positive case is not able to identify all close contacts while at the business.

Since March 2, the Panhandle area has tested 6,183 people with 363 positive cases and 292 recovered with 66 active cases for a 5.9 percent cumulative positivity rate.

To date, Cheyenne County has had 22 cases with two still active, Deuel County has one active case, Kimball County has had 15 cases with 12 recovered and three active, Morrill County has 53 cases with 51 recovered and two active, Banner County has two cases recovered, Box Butte County had four cases (one active and three recovered), Dawes County has four recovered cases, Garden County has four recovered cases, Scotts Bluff County has 244 cases (56 active, 183 recovered and five deaths), Sheridan County has eight cases (one active and seven recovered) and Sioux County has had six recovered cases.