The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) picked up four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 this week, bringing the nuclear-weapon agency’s total to 529 since the confirmed beginning of the U.S. outbreak, a spokesperson said Friday.
So far, 416 people among the agency’s federal employees and contractors have recovered from their bouts with the disease caused by the novel coronavirus that broke out in Wuhan, China, last year. Two workers had died of the disease at deadline: one at the Y-12 National Security Site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., another at the Nevada National Security Site.
The Department of Energy branch’s weapons production sites, Y-12, the Kansas City National Security Campus in Kansas City, Mo., and the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, all were in a status the NNSA calls “normal operations with maximum teleworking.” Normal operations does not signify a minimum percentage or number of people allowed on-site, but rather that both people working directly on the highest-priority nuclear weapons mission and people working on site-support contracts may come to work. Those who can telework, meanwhile, are allowed, but not required, to do so.
National Laboratories Cases
Following are the 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: 53 (+1). Livermore is the only lab that does not test its own employees. Last week, the lab briefly had no active cases among its employees. The case reported Friday spoils that streak.
Los Alamos National Laboratory:
Cases: 54 (+2); 44 recovered.
Internal tests: 4,528 (+360).
Teleworking: Roughly 50% 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: 8,837
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 1,118
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +1,054
Fatal cases: 96 (+9 from the prior week, four more new deaths this week than last).
Missouri, Statewide:
Total cases: 80,214
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 8,481
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +1,148
Fatal cases: 1,450 (+33 from the prior week, 28 fewer deaths this week than last).
Testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available: 5/5, at about 15,500 tests per 100,000 people (no change in ranking from last week).
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 943,023 (+57,149 from last week; +201,023 in three weeks).
New Mexico – NNSA Albuquerque, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bernalillo County/Albuquerque:
Total confirmed cases: 5,721
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 247
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +73
Fatal cases for group: 152 (+6 from the prior week, 6 fewer new deaths this week than last).
Los Alamos:
Total confirmed cases: 25
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 1
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, yet).
Surrounding Counties, Los Alamos (Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Taos):
Total confirmed cases: 353/1,234/806/116
Cumulative week-to-week increase for the group: 147
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week, for group: +39
Fatal cases: 55 (+7 from the prior week, for the group; four more new deaths this week than last, for the group).
New Mexico, Statewide:
Total cases: 24,920
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 969
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: +18
Fatal cases: 764 (+30 from the prior week, one fewer new death this week than last).
Testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available (tests per 100,000 people): Unavailable.
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 734,220 (+39,396 from last week; +257,824 in three weeks).
Tennessee – Y-12 National Security Complex
Anderson County:
Total confirmed cases: 851
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 35
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: –59
Fatal cases: 8 (+1 from the prior week, 1 more new death this week than last).
Tennessee, Statewide:
Total cases: 149,179
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 10,004
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: –671
Fatal cases: 1,673 (+124 from the prior week, 99 fewer deaths this week than last).
Testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available (tests per 100,000 people): Unavailable.
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 2,128,229 (+176,126 from last week; +452,103 in three weeks).
California – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (including Sandia’s California campus)
Alameda County (Including Livermore, Calif.):
Total confirmed cases: 17,621
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 1,437
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: –247
Fatal cases: 244 (+7 from the prior week, -14 fewer new deaths this week than last).
Jaoquin County (near Alameda County):
Total confirmed cases: 16,845
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 1,168
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: –209
Fatal cases: 305 (+10 from the prior week, 40 fewer new deaths this week than last).
California, Statewide:
Total cases: 693,072
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 39,435
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: –11,202
Fatal cases: 12,698 (+847 from the prior week, four fewer deaths this week than last).
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).
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 10,918,415 (+690,449 from last week; +2,627,966 in three weeks).
South Carolina – Savannah River Site
Aiken County:
Total confirmed cases: 2,293
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 109
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: –75
Fatal cases: 57 (+6 from the prior week, three fewer new deaths this week than last).
Savannah River Site:
Total confirmed cases: 438
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 32
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: –6
Fatal cases: 1 (no change).
South Carolina, Statewide:
Total cases: 114,598
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 5,278
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -42
Fatal cases: 2,628 (+169 from the prior week, 106 fewer deaths this week than last).
Testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available:3/5, at about 17,830 tests per 100,000 people (no change from last week).
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 918,019 (+25,219 from last week; +274,800 in three weeks).
Texas – Pantex Plant
Potter County:
Total confirmed cases: 4,007
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 106
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -36
Fatal cases: 51 (no change from the prior week, six fewer new deaths this week than last).
Randall County:
Total confirmed cases: 2,152
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 142
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: –21
Fatal cases: 33 (+3 from the prior week, -1 fewer new deaths this week than last).
Texas, Statewide:
Total cases: 614,696
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 34,345
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: –15,006
Fatal cases: 12,370 (+1,319 from the prior week, 237 fewer deaths this week than last).
Testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available: 4/5, at 16,533 tests per 100,000 people (no change from last week).
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 4,793,914 (+246,845 from last week; +947,069 in three weeks).
Nevada – Nevada National Security Site
Nye County:
Total confirmed cases: 466
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 24
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: –2
Fatal cases: 14 (+1 from the prior week, same number of new deaths this week as last).
Clark County/Las Vegas:
Total confirmed cases: 57,756
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 2,961
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -1,234
Fatal cases: 1,099 (+93 from the prior week, 44 fewer new deaths this week than last).
Nevada, Statewide:
Total cases: 67,220
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 3,636
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: -1,348
Fatal cases: 1,271 (+86 from the prior week, 69 deaths this week than last).
Testing rank among NNSA host states for which data are available: 2/5, at 18,967 tests per 100,000 people (no change from last week).
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 584,232 (+23,269 from last week; +189,963 in three weeks).
Nationwide
Total cases: 5,873,124
Cumulative week-to-week increase: 277,763
Growth (+), or decline (-), in new confirmed cases, compared with prior week: –17,598
Fatal cases: 180,862 (+6,215 from the prior week, 985 fewer deaths this week than last).
Cumulative tests performed as of this week: 75,301,306 (+5,238,856 from last week; +16,062,450 in three weeks).
