Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) announced that 10 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Lincoln today. With today’s 10 cases, seven cases reported Saturday, six cases reported early Sunday and 14 additional cases confirmed late Sunday, the community total is now 150.
A data dashboard at COVID19.lincoln.ne.gov includes the following information:
- The number of lab-confirmed cases by week
- A geographic distribution of cases in Lancaster County
- The number of total tests conducted and the number of tests conducted by week
- The positivity rate
- The number of lab-confirmed cases by sex and age group
- The types of exposures – community acquired, direct contact, travel, and unknown
The website also has a link to the state dashboard.
The Mayor and LLCHD will hold a briefing at 3:30 p.m. TODAY, Monday, April 27. The briefing will be aired live on LNKTV, the City government access channel. The briefing may be viewed on Allo channels 2 and 3, Spectrum channels 1300 and 1301, and Kinetic channels 1005 and 1010. The briefing will also be streamed at LNKTVcity.lincoln.ne.gov and available at //YouTube.com/LNKTVcity and //Facebook.com/LNKTVcity.