By PPHD
Free drive-thru testing will be available in four Panhandle locations next week:
· Chadron: Wednesday from 8am-Noon: Chadron Community Hospital, 825 Centennial Drive, testing will be on the west side of the building
· Alliance: Thursday from 8am-Noon: Alliance Fire Department, 315 Cheyenne Ave
· Scottsbluff: Friday & Saturday from 8am-Noon: Panhandle Public Health District, 18 W. 16th St
· Sidney: Sunday from 8am-Noon: Location to Be Announced
If you are experiencing symptoms currently, don’t wait for testing call your doctor, clinic, or our 24/7 line at 308-262-5764. Unified Command confirms nine new cases, they are as follows:
Exposure is defined as at least 15 minutes, less than six feet apart. There are no community exposure sites identified. The investigations are complete, all close contacts will be quarantined and actively monitored twice daily for fever and respiratory symptoms by public health officials.
Thirteen Scotts Bluff County cases have recovered bringing the total recoveries to 117.
COVID-19 testing is now available at Community Action Health Center Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 7a-8a. Testing is open to those that are symptomatic. Sign up today https://tinyurl.com/Y8P6YU02.
March 2-June 12, 2020
Total Tests Conducted: 4,140
Positive: 209
Cumulative Positivity Rate: 4.8%
Recovered: 117
Active Cases: 90
Active Hospitalizations: 9
Total Cumulative Hospitalizations: 27
Deaths: 2
- Banner County: 1 case (active)
- Box Butte County: 3 cases (1 active, 2 recovered)
- Cheyenne County: 11 cases (2 active, 9 recovered)
- Dawes County: 1 case (recovered)
- Garden County: 4 cases (recovered)
- Kimball County: 10 cases (10 recovered)
- Morrill County: 11 cases (1 active, 10 recovered)
- Scotts Bluff County: 167 Cases (84 active, 81 recovered, 2 deaths)
- Sioux County: 1 case (active)