Four Corners Health Department COVID-19 Update and 4 More Deaths

An additional 4 COVID-19 related deaths are confirmed today in the Four Corners District:

• A York County man in his 80’s, who had been hospitalized;
• A Butler County man in his 70’s, who died at the hospital;
• A Seward County man in his 70’s, who had been hospitalized; and
• A Polk County woman in her 60’s, who died at the hospital.

With these additional deaths, each county adds to their cumulative total of COVID-19 related deaths.  Seward County increases to 23; Polk County to 17; York and Butler Counties each reach 11 total.  The District total is now at 62.

Over the past 3 days (January 2-4), there were 49 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the District:

• Seward County had 23 new cases for a total of 1,657.
• York County had 21 new cases for a total of 1,407.
• Butler County added 3 cases for 746 total cases.
• Polk County had 2 new cases for 476 cases total.

As of January 4, the total cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in the Four Corners District is 4,286.  There were 266 new cases in the previous 14 days, with 138 of those cases recorded in the past 7 days.

For questions about COVID-19, please contact Four Corners at 402-362-2621 or visit the website at www.fourcorners.ne.gov.