The Douglas County Health Department in Nebraska confirms the first COVID-19 community spread, according to a press release by the department, Your Content can report.
The press release says the patient is a 60-year-old woman; initially, her illness was thought to be travel-related, but an investigation by DCHD determined her symptoms began to appear before her travels.
Health officials also report two new travel cases: a man in his 50s who traveled to and from Spain and a man in his 30s who arrived from Singapore. Both are in isolation, but neither is hospitalized.
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