Nebraska Department of Corrections announces highest daily cases

LINCOLN, Neb. - The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services now has 86 staff members with active cases of COVID-19 after announcing late Wednesday that 12 more employees have tested positive.

The department says the employees work at a wide range of facilities across the state. They include the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (5), the Lincoln Correctional Center (2), the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln (2), the Omaha Correctional Center (1), the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center in Lincoln (1) and the Central Office in Lincoln (1).

NDCS says all employees are self-isolating at home.

Since the start of the pandemic, 282 employees in total have or have had the virus.