Mar 12, 2020

5 more people test positive for COVID-19 in NE

Posted Mar 12, 2020 2:20 PM

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials say five more people have tested positive for the new coronavirus in Douglas County, bringing the Nebraska total to 10.

The Douglas County Health Department said Wednesday night that all five are close family members of an infected woman in Douglas County.

The woman is in her 40s and recently traveled to California and Nevada.

The department says they're all self-isolating at home.

Also Wednesday, Nebraska school officials announced that spectators will be limited to players' immediate family members at the state boys basketball tournament.

It gets underway Thursday at several venues in Lincoln.