Panhandle Public Health Unified Command confirms four new cases in the region. All of the cases are in Scotts Bluff County and the details are as follows:

Teenager - Close Contact

Woman in her 30s - Close Contact

Woman in her 70s - Travel-Related

Woman in her 70s - Unknown/investigation pending

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.

Two more cases have recovered from Scotts Bluff County bringing the total recoveries to 90.

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Breakdown by County: 

• 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 (active)

• Kimball County: 10 cases (10 recovered)

• Morrill County: 11 cases (1 active, 10 recovered)

• Scotts Bluff County: 148 Cases (90 active, 58 recovered)

Total: 189 cases (99 active, 90 recovered, 3,867)