Nebraska's current COVID-19 case rate 5th lowest

Nebraska’s COVID-19 case count dropped again last week, extending a nine-month low and a first-in-pandemic winter respite from the virus.

An Omaha World-Herald story published Monday said there were 800 cases reported last week to the federal centers for disease control which was down from 924 the previous week.

This was the second week in a row new Nebraska cases dropped below 1,000, a point not seen since the first week of May. Nebraska’s case rate was the fifth lowest among the states....