Recoveries from COVID-19 outpaced new confirmed cases among employees of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) this week, the agency said Friday.
The semiautonomous DOE nuclear-weapon steward was tracking 98 confirmed, active cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, a spokesperson said. That is down by 13 confirmed, active cases from last week. Overall, the NNSA had confirmed 569 cases of COVID-19 among its federal and contractor workforce, as of Friday. Two NNSA workers had died from the disease, at deadline: one at the Nevada National Security Site, another at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee.
The NNSA does not disclose the overall productivity loss from its COVID-19 response, which typically requires anybody who had contact with someone who tests positive to quarantine for two weeks.
National Laboratories Cases
Following are the reported numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases at NNSA nuclear weapons labs, and increases relative to the prior week, as reported Friday.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory:
Cases: 55 (+2). Livermore is the only lab that does not test its own employees.
Los Alamos National Laboratory:
Cases: 55 (+0)
Internal tests: 4,885 (+346).
Teleworking: Roughly 65% of all employees.
Sandia National Laboratories:
Cases: 58 (+5)
Albuquerque: 47 (+5)
Livermore: 11 (+0)
Internal tests: 4,167 (+359).
Teleworking: Roughly 65% – 75% of all employees.
Cases in NNSA Host Regions
Following is Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor’s weekly digest of confirmed COVID-19 cases, including fatal cases, in the host cities and counties of NNSA nuclear weapons sites.The figures below are based on cumulative cases recorded since the first confirmed U.S. instance of COVID-19 in January.
Data come from a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and from select states, counties, and cities, where noted.
The Monitor tracks weekly changes, using the latest data available at deadline, which is sometimes current as of the Thursday before publication.
Testing figures represent the number of tests performed, not the number of people tested.
Missouri – Kansas City National Security Campus
Kansas City
Total confirmed cases: 9,520
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 683
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -435
Fatal cases: 101 (+5 from the prior week, four fewer new deaths this week than last).
Missouri, Statewide:
Total cases: 89,639
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 8,481
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +944
Fatal cases: 1,586 (+136 from the prior week, 103 more new deaths this week than last).
State testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available: 5/5, at about 16,400 tests per 100,000 people (no change in ranking from last week; 7% more people tested per hundred this week than last).
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 1,008,078 (+65,055 from last week; +196,678 in three weeks).
New Mexico – NNSA Albuquerque, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bernalillo County/Albuquerque:
Total confirmed cases: 5,898
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 177
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -70
Fatal cases: 159 (+7 from the prior week, one more new death this week than last).
Los Alamos:
Total confirmed cases: 27
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 2
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +1
Fatal cases: 0 (No change from last week, and no confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the county, to date).
Surrounding Counties, Los Alamos (Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Taos):
Total confirmed cases: 361/1,257/839/118 – 2,575 for the group
Cumulative week-to-week increase for group: 66
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week, for group: -80
Fatal cases for group: 57 (+2 from the prior week, for group; five fewer new deaths this week than last, for group).
New Mexico, Statewide:
Total cases: 25,812
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 892
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -77
Fatal cases: 791 (+27 from the prior week, three fewer new deaths this week than last).
State testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available (tests per 100,000 people): Unavailable.
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 770,959 (+36,739 from last week; +125,959 in three weeks).
Tennessee – Y-12 National Security Complex
Anderson County:
Total confirmed cases: 915
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 64
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +29
Fatal cases: 8 (+0 from the prior week, no change in new deaths this week, compared with last).
Tennessee, Statewide:
Total cases: 159,456
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 10,277
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +273
Fatal cases: 1,815 (+142 from the prior week, 18 more new deaths this week than last).
State testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available (tests per 100,000 people): Unavailable.
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 2,265,003 (+136,774 from last week; +465,003 in three weeks).
California – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (including Sandia’s California campus)
Alameda County (Including Livermore, Calif.):
Total confirmed cases: 18,852
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 1,231
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -206
Fatal cases: 295 (+51 from the prior week, +44 fewer new deaths this week than last).
Jaoquin County (near Alameda County):
Total confirmed cases: 18,194
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 1,349
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -181
Fatal cases: 361 (+56 from the prior week, 46 more new deaths this week than last).
California, Statewide:
Total cases: 726,656
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 33,584
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -5,851
Fatal cases: 13,500 (+802 from the prior week, 45 fewer deaths this week than last).
State testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available: 1/5, at 27,633 tests per 100,000 people (no change from last week; 7% more people tested per hundred this week than last).
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 11,663,924 (+745,509 from last week; +2,263,924 in three weeks).
South Carolina – Savannah River Site
Aiken County:
Total confirmed cases: 2,409
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 116
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +7
Fatal cases: 67 (+10 from the prior week, four more new deaths this week than last).
Savannah River Site:
Total confirmed cases: 438
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 18
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -14
Fatal cases: 1 (no change).
Active cases: 43.
South Carolina, Statewide:
Total cases: 121,696
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 7,098
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +1,820
Fatal cases: 2,807 (+179 from the prior week, 10 more deaths this week than last).
State testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available: 3/5, at 18,828 tests per 100,000 people (no change from last week; 6% more people tested per hundred this week than last).
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 969,425 (+51,406 from last week; +163,425 in three weeks).
Texas – Pantex Plant
Potter County:
Total confirmed cases: 4,143
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 136
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +30
Fatal cases: 53 (+2 from the prior week, two more new deaths this week than last).
Randall County:
Total confirmed cases: 2,303
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 151
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +9
Fatal cases: 35 (+2 from the prior week, -1 fewer new death this week than last).
Texas, Statewide:
Total cases: 645,422
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 30,726
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -3,619
Fatal cases: 13,296 (+926 from the prior week, 393 fewer new deaths this week than last).
State testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available: 4/5, at 17,614 tests per 100,000 people (no change from last week; 7% more people tested per hundred this week than last).
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 5,107,503 (+313,589 from last week; +907,503 in three weeks).
Nevada – Nevada National Security Site
Nye County:
Total confirmed cases: 477
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 11
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -13
Fatal cases: 14 (+0 from the prior week, one fewer new death this week than last).
Clark County/Las Vegas:
Total confirmed cases: 60,144
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 2,388
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -573
Fatal cases: 1,181 (+82 from the prior week, 11 fewer new deaths this week than last).
Nevada, Statewide:
Total cases: 70,223
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 3,003
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -633
Fatal cases: 1,363 (+92 from the prior week, six more new deaths this week than last).
State testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available: 2/5, at 19,650 tests per 100,000 people (no change from last week; 4% more people tested per hundred this week than last).
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 605,268 (+21,036 from last week; +75,268 in three weeks).
Nationwide
Total cases: 6,151,253
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 278,129
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +366
Fatal cases: 186,806 (+5,944 from the prior week, 271 fewer deaths this week than last).
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 80,381,085 (+5,079,779 from last week; +15,581,085 in three weeks).
