Hall County woman is ninth COVID-19 victim in Neb.

LINCOLN — A Hall County woman in her 60s has died of the coronavirus.

The Central District Health Department said the woman, the second COVID-19 death reported in Hall County, was hospitalized.

Hall County has been hard hit by the coronavirus, trailing only Douglas County in the number of confirmed cases and reported deaths.

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services reported nine coronavirus-related deaths in the state as of Monday.

The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department Tuesday morning said an additional positive case has been confirmed in that county, raising the number of confirmed cases to 32.

The department also reported that the number of confirmed that by Tuesday noon, the number of cases in Nebraska has risen to 435, up from 412 Monday night.

Most of the new cases were in Douglas and Hall counties, although Sarpy County’s case numbers jumped to 33, putting it ahead of Lancaster County.