The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department confirmed 23 new cases of the coronavirus Wednesday but reported no new COVID-19 deaths.
With the new cases, the total number of residents who have contracted the coronavirus during the pandemic increased to 3,384, the Health Department reported.Ìý
The local death toll remained at 19, including a man in his 70s and a woman in her 80s whose deaths were reported Tuesday.Ìý
Lincoln hospitals Wednesday cared for 17 people with COVID-19, including seven Lancaster County residents. Three patients needed ventilators, according to the Health Department.Ìý
The Health Department reported 24 new cases Tuesday, and with 83 cases confirmed this week, the county remained on pace to have its third straight week of declining new cases.Ìý
Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and interim Health Director Pat Lopez have attributed declining new cases since late July to the county's mask mandate.