Virus Outbreak Reported at Blair Nursing Home
An outbreak of the coronavirus has occurred at a nursing home in the Omaha bedroom community of Blair, with more than two dozen residents and staff infected, health officials said.
The Three Rivers Public Health Department reported in a Friday news release the outbreak at Crowell Memorial Home in Blair, which is about 20 miles northwest of Omaha.
The facility is licensed for 108 assisted living and skilled nursing beds.
Reached last Tuesday, the health department said 24 residents and eight staff members had recently tested positive for the virus at the home – which provides senior apartments, assisted living, skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services.
A phone message left for the home’s assistant administrator was not immediately returned.
Another Blair facility was the site of one of the first nursing home outbreaks in Nebraska. Carter Place in Blair temporarily closed after 19 residents and staff tested positive in late March and early April.
The state’s online virus tracker showed 42,278 in Nebraska have tested positive for the virus, as of Thursday morning, including 1,350 people in Douglas County in a two-week period. Statewide, 462 people have died since the outbreak began, with the majority of fatal cases reported among older Nebraskans.
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