LINCOLN- Only one week after hitting the highest levels of cases since last January, the state has already begun its downward trend. The state recorded 2,739 new virus cases last week, down 24% from the 3,619 recorded the week before, according to data from the federal CDC.

Joseph Fauver, an assistant professor of epidemiology in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Public Health, said it’s difficult to predict what will happen because COVID immunity levels are more complex than they were last year. People have had a lot of different combinations of infections and vaccinations.

“I think we are absolutely going to see an increase in cases,” Fauver said. “... But the conditions for what we saw last year are not quite there.” Cases of RSV, while still high, have begun to come down. But influenza activity remained very high in Nebraska last week. Nearly 400 Nebraskans were hospitalized with influenza-like illness last week, up 49 from the week before.

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