Sunday Sept. 27 COVID-19 update: 170 new cases in Douglas County

(WOWT) - Here is a summary of new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported today by health officials across Nebraska & Iowa.

Douglas County update

The Douglas County Health Department reported 170 new cases Sunday and no new deaths.

The total number of lives lost remains at 193. A total of 8,996 test results were gathered by the DCHD in the past week. The positivity rate in the community last week was 8.8 percent, down from the 10 percent rate the week prior.

The total cases in the community have reached 15,935.

There have been 12,244 confirmed recoveries.

REFERENCE NOTE -- 6 News pulls data from Nebraska and Iowa COVID-19 dashboards at 6 p.m. daily. All other reports in this post come from official news releases from area health departments and other authorities as stated.