More than 100 COVID deaths total in Lancaster County

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Officials on Tuesday announced an additional five COVID-19 deaths in Lancaster County. This brings the county’s total deaths to 103.

Four of the individuals are identified as residents of long-term care facilities – two women in their 90s, a woman in her 80s, and a man in his 70s. The fifth individuals was a woman in her 70s who was hospitalized.

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Officials also announced 203 new cases, bringing the total for Lancaster County to 19,023.

Reported recoveries increased from 5,492 to 5,536.

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So far, Tuesday has seen 133 COVID-19 hospitalizations (82 from Lancaster County). A total of 14 are on ventilators.

The positivity rate so far this week is 28.4%.