LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has opened a new lab to analyze the results of about 3,000 coronavirus tests per day and will launch more testing sites beyond the ones currently operating in Omaha and hard-hit Grand Island. 

CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln will serve as the state’s new lab under the TestNebraska program, which state officials launched through a contract with a Utah startup. 

Gov. Pete Ricketts says the lab will greatly expand the state's testing capacity. 

Nebraska officials want to conduct more tests to get a better sense of where the coronavirus is how quickly it’s spreading.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has opened a new lab to analyze the results of about 3,000 coronavirus tests per day and will launch more testing sites beyond the ones currently operating in Omaha and hard-hit Grand Island. CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln will serve as the state’s new lab under the TestNebraska program, which state officials launched through a contract with a Utah startup. Gov. Pete Ricketts says the lab will greatly expand the state's testing capacity. Nebraska officials want to conduct more tests to get a better sense of where the coronavirus is how quickly it’s spreading.

Nebraska sets up new lab, expects to add virus testing sites