WATCH: Lincoln Mayor, LLCHD gives coronavirus update

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Mayor Gaylor Baird announces two additional deaths in the county.

According to LLCHD Director Pat Lopez said the average number of COVID-19 hospital patients has increased from 18 in August, to 40 in September.

“So far, in October, the average is up to 60.”

Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) holds their weekly coronavirus press conference, just hours after the Governor’s.

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