The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department reports two more residents have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths in Lancaster County to 63. The individuals were a man and a woman in their 70s. Both had been hospitalized.
LLCHD reports 177 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lancaster County today, bringing the community total to 13,254. Recoveries are up from 4,711 to 4,748
Previous updates included positivity rates of all test results since March 15. The update will now provide the current and previous week’s positivity rates. The positivity rate from November 8th through the 14th is at 29.2%. From November 15th through the 17th, the positivity rate is 29.8%.
There are 143 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 with sixteen currently on ventilators.
Symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, shortness of breath, repeated shaking with chills, repeated muscle pain, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell. If you have symptoms, please get tested. Testing is now open to all Lancaster County residents by appointment only.
The testing process begins with a free online risk assessment available at BryanHealth.com, CHIHealth.com or TestNebraska.com. Drive through test sites include:
- Bryan Health: Former Graham Tire Store, northeast corner of 19th and “O” streets.
- Test Nebraska: Gateway Mall, 6100 “O” St., northwest corner of the mall. Test Nebraska’s hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
- CHI Health St. Elizabeth: Autumn Ridge Family Medicine, 5000 North 26th St. and Southwest Family Health, 1240 Aries Drive. Call either site to schedule an appointment: Autumn Ridge at 402-435-5300 and South West Family at 402-420-1300.