UPDATE: 21 more NDCS staff members test positive for COVID-19

21 more Nebraska prison workers have tested positive for the coronavirus

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN)- 21 more NDCS prison staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 since Tuesday.

The total number of NDCS staff members that have gotten COVID-19 is now 430. 327 of them have recovered.

December 15:

4 more Nebraska prison workers have tested positive for COVID-19 since Monday.

Since December 1, there have been 47 new cases of COVID-19 reported amongst the NDCS staff members.

There have now been a total of 409 prison workers at the Nebraska Department of Corrections diagnosed with coronavirus. 313 of them have recovered.

December 14:

3 more Nebraska prison workers have tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend.

This brings the total number of NDCS staff members infected with coronavirus to 405, 286 people have recovered.

December 11:

10 more NDCS staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday. The infected staff members are employed at: Tecumseh State Correctional Institution, Central Office, and Omaha Correctional Center.

All of the staff members are isolating at home. The total number of staff members at NDCS that have been diagnosed with COVID-19 is 391 now. 286 of them have recovered.

SEE ALSO: Nebraska inmate dies at hospital after catching coronavirus

December 7: 

NDCS has had seven more cases of the coronavirus among their staff.

This brings the total to 366 diagnosed cases of COVID-19 in the staff at NDCS. 257 of those individuals have recovered.

December 6: 

NDCS has diagnosed three more staff members with the coronavirus.

So far 359 Nebraska prison workers have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Most have recovered, but roughly 100 are still ill.

December 4:

NDCS reported on Thursday evening that six more of their staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus.

The staff members are self-isolating at home.

This brings the total number of NDCS staff members diagnosed with COVID-19 to 356, 250 have recovered.

December 3:

NDCS reported on Wednesday evening that three more of their staff members have tested positive for COVID-19.

Two of the staff members are employed at the Omaha Correctional Center and the third one works at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution. All three staff members are now self-isolating.

This brings the total number of NDCS staff members diagnosed with COVID-19 to 350. 250 of them have recovered.

December 1:

12 staff members with NDCS have tested positive for coronavirus.

Four of those cases are at the Lincoln Correctional Center. All of the staff members are self-isolating at home.

SEE ALSO: NDCS: Inmate who tested positive for COVID-19 dies at Lincoln hospital