COVID-19 pandemic in Nebraska
By Friday, April 17, the number of Nebraska COVID-19 cases had gone past 1,000. In mid-April 2020, a strong explosion in cases associated with meat packing plants started emerging. By April 21, 237 coronavirus cases were linked with a JBS plant in Grand Island alone. By April 28, coronavirus cases in Nebraska had more than tripled in only eleven days to reach 3,374.