What is COVID-19 pandemic in Nebraska?
The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] first entered the [[U.S. state]] of [[Nebraska]] in early March 2020. As of July 12, 2021, over 225,000 people in the state had been infected by [[coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]]. Just over 2,260 people in the state were killed by the virus. As of May 28, 2021, Nebraska had given almost 1.7 million doses in COVID-19 vaccines. The state had fully vaccinated well over 867,000 people, about 45% of the Nebraska population.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nebraska Overview|publisher=Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center|url=https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/us/nebraska|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> The first case of COVID-19 in the state happened Friday, March 6. That case was a thirty-six-year-old woman that had just returned to the [[United States]] after having traveled to [[England]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nebraska Confirms the First COVID-19 Case|publisher=Nebraska Public Media|url=https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/nebraska-confirms-first-covid-19-case|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> The first two COVID-19 deaths were reported within three weeks of the first COVID-19 case in Nebraska. The first was a man in his fifties from [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas County]]. The man had begun [[quarantine|quarantining]] at his residence the day before. Just before 6pm that same Friday, a female in her sixties was the second death from the COVID-19 virus in the state. The woman was from [[Hall County, Nebraska|Hall County]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Two COVID-19 Deaths Reported in Nebraska|publisher=KETV Omaha|url=https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraskas-first-covid-19-death-confirmed/31959606|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> Just under three weeks following the first reported COVID case in Nebraska, the state had almost seven dozen cases by Friday, March 27.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts Waives Healthcare License Restrictions|publisher=WOWT 6|url=https://www.wowt.com/content/news/Nebraska-COVID-19-response-update-for-March-27-2020-569163291.html|access-dat