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Coronavirus numbers in Douglas County have seen a precipitous drop over the weekend, with only 51 new cases added since Friday. That small cluster of new cases brings the county’s cumulative COVID-19 case count since March of 2020 to 24,978, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Board will consider making Dr. Jennifer Schrimsher the county’s new health officer at a meeting this evening. Schrimsher has served as the county's deputy health officer for about a year. If appointed, she would replace outgoing health officer Dr. Thomas ...
Douglas County has added 70 new COVID-19 cases in the past two days, bringing the total number of cases since March of 2020 to 24,927, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. The county has 1,658 active cases as of Friday afternoon, with 16 inpatients hospitalized for COVID at LMH ...
The nation's leading health officials said Wednesday that the U.S. is moving closer to the point that COVID-19 is no longer a "constant crisis" as more cities, businesses and sports venues began lifting pandemic restrictions around the country. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Douglas County saw 123 new COVID-19 cases from Monday to Wednesday, but the total number of active cases of the virus in the county is falling, according to the latest statistics from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. The county reported 2,323 active cases of COVID-19 on Monday, but that ...
Douglas County added another COVID-19 death over the weekend. The death, a man between 65 and 74 years old, was reported by Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Monday. It’s the county’s first COVID-19 death added to the toll since Feb. 4. That total is now 130 since March 2020. After ...