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10th Person Dies Of COVID-19 In Lancaster County, City-County Risk Dial Downgraded

By News Jun 5, 2020 | 4:23 PM

The mayor and the county health department report a 10th person has died from COVID-19 in Lancaster County.

Additionally, the county health department also reports that, after three weeks of declining average case numbers, they have degraded the area’s COVID-19 risk dial from lower orange to upper yellow, indicating a moderate chance for the virus to spread.

Seventeen lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Lincoln today, bringing the community total to 1,293.

As restrictions loosen and hundreds join protests against police brutality, the mayor and the health department remind citizens to be vigilant as the pandemic is not over.

An official statement can be read below:

 

LANCASTER COUNTY HAS TENTH DEATH FROM COVID-19

Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) today announced that a tenth resident has died from COVID-19 in Lancaster County.  Seventeen lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Lincoln today, bringing the community total to 1,293.

Visit COVID19.lincoln.ne.gov to access a dashboard that summarizes Lancaster County COVID-19 data.

Symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, shortness of breath, repeated shaking with chills, repeated muscle pain, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell.

If you have symptoms, please get tested.  Begin the process with a free online risk assessment available at BryanHealth.com and CHIHealth.com.  Testing is by appointment only. Bryan Health offers drive-through testing at LifePointe, 7501 S. 27th Street.  CHI Health St. Elizabeth offers drive-through testing site at North Star High School, 5801 N. 33rd Street.

Test Nebraska is conducting tests at the Lancaster Event Center, 4100 N. 84th Street.  Begin the process with a free online risk assessment at TestNebraska.com.  The schedule will be announced every week.

The COVID-19 Risk Dial is atYellow,” indicating a moderate risk of the virus spreading.  Residents are advised to follow these recommendations to protect themselves and others:

  • Consider staying at home most of the time, with caution for non-essential travel and work
  • Distance at least six feet from anyone outside the home
  • Cautious expansion of interactions with others, outdoor activities preferred
  • Gatherings only with modifications for COVID-19
  • Events only within guidance by the Health Department
  • Face coverings continued to be recommended to be used around other people
  • Continue to wash hands regularly, disinfect highly touched surfaces and monitor for illness

For more information, visit COVID19.lincoln.ne.gov or call the Health Department hotline at 402-441-8006