Health Director compares COVID-19 death rates to neighboring areas

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Officials updated the community on the City’s efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at a briefing on Tuesday.

The Lincoln-Lancaster Health Department reported another death from COVID-19. According to LLCHD, a man in his 40s who was hospitalized and unvaccinated died. This brings the total number of deaths from COVID-19 to 329.

The LLCHD also reported 180 lab-confirmed cases, bringing the total number of cases to 44,888.

The LLCHD COVID-19 Risk Dial remains at High Risk (Orange).

In order to emphasize the positive impacts Lincoln’s Directed Health Measures have had on overall health, Health Director Pat Lopez compared the COVID-19 rates of other places, including Douglas County, and how many deaths Lincoln could have had if they had similar COVID-19 death rates as those areas.

In order to emphasize the positive impacts Lincoln’s Directed Health Measures have had on... — In order to emphasize the positive impacts Lincoln’s Directed Health Measures have had on overall health, Health Director Pat Lopez compared the COVID-19 rates of other places, including Omaha, and how many deaths Lincoln could have had if they had similar COVID-19 death rates as those areas.(CDC)

“We’ve been successful in doing what we’ve tried to do. It’s been a while since we shared the death data, but this is something that we continuously monitor, and have monitored throughout the pandemic,” said Lopez. “It’s really important for people to see. The purpose of doing these measures is to prevent death, and that’s what we’ve done. So it reinforces that we’re listening to the data and taking the right measures.”

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