Testing on Tuesday confirmed seven more cases of COVID-19 in Lancaster County, raising the total number of cases to 92, the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department announced Tuesday.
The new local cases involved two women and five men ranging in age from their 20s to their 70s, interim Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department Director Pat Lopez said.
How these residents contracted the virus remains under investigation, but their close contacts were self-quarantining, she said.
Two Lancaster County residents with the coronavirus remained hospitalized, both on ventilators, Lopez said.
Lancaster County has reported only one death to date, a man in his 50s who died earlier this month.Â
Entering Tuesday, Lancaster County had the fifth-most confirmed cases in the state.Â
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Hall County reported 560 cases, the most in the state and the most cases per capita in Nebraska.
The state's largest county, Douglas County, reported the second-highest case total at 307.
Gaylor Baird and local health officials have urged people who show symptoms of the virus, including fever, cough, sore throat and shortness of breath, to seek testing.Â
Drive-thru testing sites in north and south Lincoln still have capacity to test more people who experience symptoms.