September 9, 2020
Twelve more Iowans have died from coronavirus, pushing the state's total to 1,185 since first death on March 24.
These deaths make coronavirus already the 7th leading killer in Iowa for a year, on pace to be third leading killer for the year.
#IowaMourns
Deaths were reported in Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Clinton, Jasper, Linn (2), Plymouth, Polk (3), Tama, and Winneshiek Counties.
Iowans in 86 of our 99 counties have been killed by COVID-19.
Please mourn the dead, support loved ones and caregivers, and help stop the spread!
On a day when 12 more deaths are being reported, the state is also reporting that hospitalizations for COVID-19 dropped by 4 to 322, including 83 in intensive care units (down 9).
There were 32 new admissions to Iowa hospitals for COVID-19 in the last 24-hour period.
Between 10 am Sept. 8 and 10 am Sept. 9, the state reported 478 new cases, pushing Iowa's total to 71,137.
Subtracting deaths (1,185) and "recoveries" (50,937), there are 19,015 "active" cases in the state - third day in a row over 19,000, highest numbers yet.
The state is also reporting 2,988 new tests (increase from 673,614 to 676,602), which means the rate of tests showing COVID-19 was 16.0%.
Too many deaths, hospitalizations, and cases, rate of tests showing COVID-19 is too high.
Iowans, we can do better than this!
The 77 counties where Gov. Reynolds first loosened Iowa's limited restrictions May 1 without an alternative safety plan were up 204 new cases for total of 26,293.
They had 5 more deaths reported for a total of 379.
On April 30, they had 559 total cases and 11 deaths.
Biggest case increases in the 77 counties:
Story: Up 34 to 2,972 on 125 tests (27.2%)
Plymouth: Up 13 to 864 on 27 tests (48.1%)
Lee: Up 11 to 511 on 22 tests (50.0%)
Mahaska: Up 10 to 269 on 52 tests (19.2%)
Chickasaw: Up 8 to 152 on 17 tests (47.1%)
. . .
Marion: Up 8 to 608 on 47 tests (17.0%)
Warren: Up 8 to 863 on 65 tests (12.3%)
Sioux: Up 8 to 1,009 on 24 tests (33.3%)
Wapello: Up 8 to 1,149 on 21 tests (38.1%)
Lucas: Up 5 to 110 on 14 tests (35.7%)
Cerro Gordo: Up 5 to 897 on 24 tests (20.8%)
. . .
Clinton: Up 5 to 946 on 45 tests (11.1%)
Wayne: Up 4 to 69 on 10 tests (40.0%)
Davis: Up 4 to 99 on 8 tests (50.0%)
Kossuth: Up 4 to 140 on 5 tests (80.0%)
Lyon: Up 4 to 171 on 5 tests (80.0%)
Jackson: Up 4 to 244 on 19 tests (21.1%)
. . .
Adair: Up 3 to 54 on 6 tests (50.0%)
Appanoose: Up 3 to 100 on 5 tests (60.0%)
Cedar: Up 3 to 183 on 16 tests (18.8%)
O’Brien: Up 3 to 231 on 7 tests (42.9%)
Winneshiek: Up 3 to 247 on 16 tests (18.8%)
Delaware: Up 3 to 265 on 22 tests (13.6%)
. . .
Boone: Up 3 to 387 on 30 tests (10.0%)
Webster: Up 3 to 1,083 on 21 tests (14.3%)
Pottawattamie: Up 3 to 1,725 on 59 tests (5.1%)
. . .
Two new cases: Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler, Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Ida, Jones, Page, Palo Alto, Sac.
Range of tests: Page was up 2 on 5 tests (40.0%) while Sac was up 2 on 20 tests (10.0%).
Buena Vista and Jones were up 2 on 19 tests (10.5%).
. . .
One new case: Carroll, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Decatur, Emmet, Fremont, Hardin, Mitchell, Monroe, Ringgold, Van Buren, Winnebago, Worth, Wright.
Range of tests: Fremont was up 1 on 4 tests (25.0%) while Clayton was up 1 on 18 tests (5.6%).
. . .
No new cases: Adams, Calhoun, Cass, Clay, Floyd, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Humboldt, Keokuk, Madison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Osceola, Pocahontas, Shelby, Taylor, and Union, while Audubon, Dickinson, and Jefferson were adjusted down one.
Overall, 52 of the 77 counties had new cases reported.
Best day in state: Keokuk with 0 new cases on 24 tests.
Least testing: Harrison and Osceola with 0 new cases on 1 test each.
Now for the 22 counties where Gov. Reynolds repeatedly loosened Iowa's limited restrictions without an alternative safety plan starting in mid-May:
No new cases: Poweshiek.
One new case: Bremer, Dallas, Louisa.
Two new cases: Tama.
. . .
Benton: Up 3 to 226 on 16 tests (18.8%)
Fayette: Up 4 to 164 on 19 tests (21.1%)
Muscatine: Up 4 to 1,008 on 30 tests (13.3%)
Marshall: Up 5 to 1,725 on 31 tests (16.1%)
Henry: Up 6 to 410 on 18 tests (33.3%)
Washington: Up 7 to 374 on 68 tests (10.3%)
. . .
Des Moines: Up 7 to 640 on 20 tests (35.0%)
Allamakee: Up 8 to 202 on 20 tests (40.0%)
Jasper: Up 9 to 649 on 50 tests (18.0%)
Iowa: Up 10 to 140 on 29 tests (34.5%)
Scott: Up 13 to 2,399 on 106 tests (12.3%)
Woodbury: Up 16 to 4,371 on 80 tests (20.0%)
. . .
Black Hawk: Up 22 to 4,059 on 140 tests (15.7%)
Dubuque: Up 23 to 2,233 on 106 tests (21.7%)
Linn: Up 25 to 3,282 on 144 tests (17.4%)
Johnson: Up 49 to 4,641 on 234 tests (20.9%)
Polk: Up 61 to 14,175 on 475 tests (12.8%)
Now for specific regions and groups requested . . .
Iowa Great Lakes Region:
Clay: Up 0 on 7
Dickinson: (-1) with 3 tests
Emmet: Up 1 on 9
Osceola: Up 0 on 1
Palo Alto: Up 2 on 12
TOTAL: 2 new cases, 32 tests (6.3%)
Before May 25: 0 deaths, 58 cases, 1,126 tests (5.2%)
Since May 25: 17 deaths, 1,089 cases, 11,205 tests (9.7%)
Winnebago & neighbors:
Winnebago: Up 1 on 12 tests
Worth: 1 on 7
Cerro Gordo: 5 on 24
Hancock: 0 on 6
Kossuth: 4 on 5
TOTAL: 1 death, 11 new cases, 54 tests (20.4%)
Thru 6-16: 1 death, 118 cases, 6,224 tests (1.9%)
Since 6-16: 32 deaths, 1,348 cases, 12,811 tests (10.5%)
Counties in the 77 with prisons:
Calhoun: Up 0 on 16 tests
Jones: 2 on 19
Lee: 11 on 22
Page: 2 on 5
Webster: 3 on 21
Counties in the 22 with prisons:
Henry: Up 6 on 18 tests
Jasper: 9 on 50
Johnson: 49 on 234
Polk: 61 on 475
Good to see Calhoun at 0. DOC update next . . .
Iowa Dep't of Corrections reports 6 more inmates (from 809 to 815) and 3 more staff (from 117 to 120) have tested positive, but also says more have "recovered."
Also, death of another inmate due to coronavirus at Oakdale facility. That's now 4 inmates who have died from it.
Iowa Corrections data is from this website:
doc.iowa.gov/COVID19
Other data compares spreadsheet available at coronavirus.iowa.gov on Sept. 8 at 10 am with spreadsheet available there on Sept. 9 at 10 am.
If you'd like data for a specific county or region, let me know.
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