Four more COVID-19 cases reported in Lincoln today bringing the total to 56.
With a pool of results, Pat Lopez, interim director for the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, says the city’s positivity rate is 3.5 percent.
“This tells us the measures we’re taking are having and impact in our community she says.
The rate is significantly lower than the CDC-national report of 16 percent and lower than the state wide 7.4 percent.
Today’s cases include one woman in her 20s and three men, two in their 50s and one in his 40s. Of the seven cases reported today and over the weekend, five are known to be community spread. LLCHD continues to investigate the new cases. The total number of community spread cases is now 37.
LLCHD is now monitoring 75 individuals. Lancaster County reports one death, 1688 negative tests, 56 positives with 15 tests pending at the Nebraska Public Health Lab. There are now 816 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nebraska and 17 deaths.