Unified Command Announces 260 New Cases; 3 New Deaths During Monday Update

On Monday afternoon, Unified Command announced 260 new cases of COVID 19 in the region and three additional deaths.

The deaths include a Sheridan County woman in her 80’s, a Dawes County woman in her 80’s and a Dawes County woman in in her 90’s.

The new cases include:

• Box Butte County – 33
• Cheyenne County- 37
• Dawes County- 11
• Deuel County- 5
• Garden County- 2
• Grant County- 2
• Kimball County-9
• Morrill County- 11
• Scotts Bluff County- 133
• Sheridan County-1
• Sioux County-1

Through Monday afternoon the Panhandle has seen 6,527 total cases, 4,206 recoveries, 82 deaths; leaving 2,239 cases and 60 active hospitalizations.

Additionally, the Panhandle risk dial moved down to the border of the high/ severe category, but remained in the red.