Two more Lancaster County residents have died from COVID-19, raising the local pandemic death toll to 39, according to the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department on Tuesday.
The deaths were of a woman in her 80s and man in his 70s, who both had been hospitalized.
A total of 15 Lancaster County residents have died of the coronavirus this month.
The county confirmed 134 new cases Tuesday, pushing the overall case count to 8,339 since the pandemic began, including 3,665 documented recoveries, the Health Department reported.
One of every five COVID-19 tests returned this week has been positive, according to the department's dashboard.Â
Lincoln hospitals cared for 65 patients Tuesday, including 30 county residents and seven who needed ventilators.Â
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Lincoln Public Schools reported 23 positive cases between Friday and Monday, including five cases at Lincoln East High School, two cases each at Southeast, Southwest and North Star high schools, and Schoo and Scott middle schools. There also were two positive cases (from the same person) at the science focus program and Independence Academy.
There was one positive case at each of the following schools: Arts and Humanities Focus Program, Lincoln High, Irving and Dawes middle schools and Kooser Elementary School. That brings the total number of positive cases in LPS schools to 306.