DOUGLAS COUNTY - The number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Douglas County has passed 100.

The Douglas County Health Department on Thursday reported two new deaths which involved two women in their seventies for a county-wide total of 102 since the outbreak began.

The health department also reports 87 new cases of the virus for a total of 7,862.

DCHD has confirmed 4,381 of the known cases among county residents have recovered from the illness.