We’ll have to see where the numbers and risks go after Panhandle Public Health District updates their information on Monday afternoon.

For the moment, cities and villages at severe risk of transmission of Covid-19 are:

Morrill (Scott’s Bluff County, on the border with Wyoming), Bridgeport (Morrill County seat), Oshkosh (Garden County seat), Harrison (Sioux County seat), and Gordon (Sheridan County seat).

All other towns are at high risk of transmission except the same three villages with no cases (mine, and Lisco and Lewellen in Garden County).

Total cases: 7,909 (9% of the population of the Panhandle)
Active cases: 350
Most by age: 40-49, then 30-39, then 20-29
Deaths: 136 (+16)
In hospital: 20

PPHD now has a sign-up for Covid-19 vaccinations for those seventy-five and older, noting it will be several weeks.

Weekly positivity rate: 27.5% (peak was 64.4% on November 1)