(KLZA)--The Southeast District Health Department has confirmed 12 more cases of coronavirus within the five-county service area. 

Nine of the new cases were confirmed in Nemaha County, bringing the total in the county to 41.  There were two additional cases confirmed in Otoe County pushing the total in the county to 54. The other new case is in Johnson County which puts the total number of cases there at 14.

Including the 25 cases in Richardson County and nine in Pawnee County,  the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began is now 143.