Mar 31, 2020

3rd Nebraska COVID-19 victim lived in Lincoln County

Posted Mar 31, 2020 2:26 PM

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Public health officials say Nebraska's third COVID-19 death was that of a Lincoln County man in his 90s.

The officials say the man had underlying health conditions and had tested positive along with a woman in her 80s.

She's been hospitalized.

The first two COVID-19 fatalities were an Omaha man in his 50s and a Hall County woman in her 60s.

State health officials said in a news release Monday night that the state's total of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen to 155.

More than 2,700 people have tested negative.