
Probable cases and deaths count individuals who meet criteria for other types of testing, symptoms and exposure, as developed by national and local governments. The tallies on this page include cases and deaths that have been identified by public health officials as probable coronavirus patients through antigen testing.Ĭonfirmed cases and deaths, which are widely considered to be an undercount of the true toll, are counts of individuals whose coronavirus infections were confirmed by a molecular laboratory test. Counts for Douglas County include cases brought to the state from the Diamond Princess cruise ship.Nebraska announced deaths that were removed the following day. 7 after determining the cause was not Covid-related, resulting in a one-day decrease. Nebraska removed deaths previously announced on Nov. Nebraska announced a large number of cases after completing data system maintenance. The Times began using local data for many Nebraska counties after the state stopped reporting county-level data on May 26, resulting in one-day increases and decreases in cases and deaths. State and local officials are no longer reporting deaths by county. Nebraska resumed reporting cases at the county level, resulting in a one-day increase and decreases for many counties. Nebraska began reporting probable deaths, resulting in a one-day increase in deaths. Nebraska did not announce new cases and deaths for the Thanksgiving holiday. Nebraska did not announce new cases and deaths for the Christmas holiday. Nebraska did not announce new cases and deaths for the New Year's holiday. Nebraska added many cases from recent months representing people who were infected more than once. Nebraska adjusted its case counts for many counties, resulting in one-day increases in some counties and decreases in others. The cumulative number of cases decreased in many Nebraska counties. New data was unavailable for Nebraska while the federal government transitioned to less frequent updates. In data reported to the federal government, Nebraska removed many cases and deaths that had not been assigned to a county. The Times began including death certificate data reconciled by the C.D.C., resulting in a one-day increase in total deaths. More about reporting anomalies or changes Marriage and divorce data come from published tables from the Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC.The Times has identified reporting anomalies or methodology changes in the data. When the number of deaths is small, rankings by state may be unreliable due to instability in death rates. When the number of deaths or births events is small, differences by state may be unreliable due to instability in rates. Although adjusted for variations in age-distribution and population size, differences by state do not take into account other state specific population characteristics that may affect the level of the birth characteristic or mortality.

Where ranked, states are categorized from highest rate to lowest rate. For more information on age-adjustment, refer to this report. 2021 birth data come from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) via CDC WONDER 2021 death data, including leading causes of death, firearm mortality, homicide, drug overdose mortality, and infant mortality, come from the NVSS via CDC WONDER and rankings and rates are based on 2021 age-adjusted death rates.
