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Lancaster County Reports 16th COVID-19 Death

By News Aug 4, 2020 | 5:35 PM

The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department reports a 16th resident has died from COVID-19 in Lincoln.  The individual was a man in his 70’s who had been hospitalized.

Lancaster County reports 32 new cases of COVID-19 in the region today.  That brings the community total to 3.195 individuals.  Recoveries are up from 1,315 to 1.334.

The overall positivity rate in Lancaster County remains at 6.8%. The Nebraska rate remains at 9.5% and the national rate is 9.6%.

There are 22 people hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19.