(KLZA)--The number of COVID-19 cases within the boundaries of the Southeast District Health Department continued to climb Monday with the confirmation of an additional five cases.

A male in his seventies living in Richardson County.  A female  in her teens living in Johnson  County and three Otoe County residents, a male in his thirties, another in his fifties and a female in her twenties were confirmed Monday.

The new confirmed cases on Monday brings the total in the five-county area to 62.  34 in Otoe County, 11 in Richardson County,  9 in Johnson County, 7 in Nemaha County and 1 in Pawnee County.