The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department today reports two more residents have died from COVID-19, a woman in her 90’s in a long term care facility and a man in his 50’s who was hospitalized. The total number of deaths in Lancaster County is now 148.
LLCHD reports 86 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lancaster County today, bringing the community total to 22,083. The positivity rate from December 20 through 26: was 27.3%. The rate from December 27th through the 28th is at 25.9%. Recoveries are up from 6,415 to 6,506.
There are 94 people hospitalized in Lancaster County.
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. Tests are conducted from 8:45 to 11:15 a.m. Monday and 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
- 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. The holiday hours for testing are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. New Year’s Eve; and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. New Year’s Day.
- Test Nebraska: Gateway Mall, 6100 “O” St., north parking lot of the former Sears store. Tests are conducted from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The site will be open New Year’s Day. For more information, call 402-207-9377.