18 new COVID-19 cases reported in Lincoln on Wednesday

Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department announced that 18 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Lincoln Wednesday, bringing the community total to 1,263. The number of deaths in the community remains at nine.

unchanged –195

Lancaster County – unchanged at 7.5 percent

State – down from 13.5 percent Tuesday to 13.4 percent today

National – unchanged at 13.1 percent

unchanged at 34 – 25 Lancaster County residents (five on ventilators), and nine from outside the County (three on ventilators).

Smithfield, Crete – unchanged at 328

Smithfield, Lincoln – unchanged at 28

Smart Chicken, Waverly – unchanged at 28

Universal Cold Storage, Lincoln – up from 33 Tuesday to 38 Wednesday