Thread by @SenatorRobHogg

September 11, 2020

Three more Iowans have died from coronavirus, pushing Iowa's total to 1,208 since the first death on March 24.

Deaths were reported in Linn (2) and Howard Counties - COVID-19 has now killed 100 residents in Linn County.

#IowaMourns

Hospitalizations in Iowa were down to 281, which is the right direction, but intensive care patients were only down two to 83 on a day when three more deaths were reported.

There were 27 new admissions to Iowa hospitals for COVID-19 in the last 24-hour reporting period.

Between 10 am on Sept. 10 and 10 am on Sept. 11, there were 798 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Iowa, pushing total cases to 72,754.

Subtracting deaths (1,208) and "recoveries" (52,291), there are 19,255 active cases in Iowa - 5th day in a row over 19,000, 2nd highest yet.

The 798 new cases were confirmed on 6,018 new tests reported (from 683,209 to 689,227) for a rate of tests showing COVID-19 of 13.3%.

The state is scheduled to update the number of Iowa kids under age 18 who have tested positive at 11 a.m. That number is currently 5,272.

The 77 counties where Gov. Reynolds first loosened Iowa's limited restrictions May 1 without an alternative safety plan were up 402 new cases for total of 27,023.

One more death (Howard) was reported for a total of 392.

As of April 30, they had 559 total cases and 11 deaths.

Biggest case increases in the 77 counties:

Story: Up 47 to 3,058 on 293 tests (16.0%)
Sioux: Up 22 to 1,044 on 64 tests (34.4%)
Carroll: Up 20 to 521 on 79 tests (25.3%)
Marion: Up 19 to 630 on 83 tests (22.9%)
Wapello: Up 18 to 1,167 on 89 tests (20.2%)

. . .

Webster: Up 14 to 1,120 on 68 tests (20.6%)
Pottawattamie: Up 14 to 1,753 on 137 tests (10.2%)
Clinton: Up 13 to 963 on 70 tests (18.6%)
Grundy: Up 12 to 161 on 19 tests (63.2%)
Plymouth: Up 12 to 893 on 58 tests (20.7%)
Mahaska: Up 10 to 283 on 99 tests (10.1%)

. . .

Warren: Up 9 to 883 on 125 tests (7.2%)
Buena Vista: Up 9 to 1,881 on 49 tests (18.4%)
Winnebago: Up 8 to 190 on 21 tests (38.1%)
Jones: Up 8 to 208 on 55 tests (14.5%)
Mitchell: Up 7 to 153 on 38 tests (18.4%)
Chickasaw: Up 7 to 169 on 23 tests 30.4%)

. . .

Floyd: Up 7 to 254 on 32 tests (21.9%)
Jackson: Up 7 to 255 on 22 tests (31.8%)
Boone: Up 7 to 399 on 74 tests (9.5%)
Mills: Up 6 to 145 on 16 tests (37.5%)
Kossuth: Up 6 to 153 on 43 tests (14.0%)
Delaware: Up 6 to 273 on 45 tests (13.3%)

. . .

Palo Alto: Up 5 to 137 on 23 tests (21.7%)
Lyon: Up 5 to 179 on 16 tests (31.3%)
Clayton: Up 5 to 209 on 17 tests (29.4%)
O’Brien: Up 5 to 239 on 16 tests (31.3%)
Wright: Up 5 to 534 on 33 tests (15.2%)

. . .

Crawford: Up 5 to 881 on 41 tests (12.2%)
Cerro Gordo: Up 5 to 923 on 77 tests (6.5%)
Page: Up 4 to 130 on 37 tests (10.8%)
Sac: Up 4 to 133 on 30 tests (13.3%)
Guthrie: Up 4 to 189 on 38 tests (10.5%)

. . .

Ida: Up 3 to 60 on 13 tests (23.1%)
Appanoose: Up 3 to 106 on 18 tests (16.7%)
Lucas: Up 3 to 116 on 28 tests (10.7%)
Monroe: Up 3 to 127 on 12 tests (25.0%)
Pocahontas: Up 3 to 143 on 22 tests (13.6%)
Hancock: Up 3 to 167 on 26 tests (11.5%)

. . .

Madison: Up 3 to 178 on 37 tests (8.1%)
Buchanan: Up 3 to 202 on 22 tests (13.6%)
Butler: Up 3 to 236 on 15 tests (20.0%)
Winneshiek: Up 3 to 252 on 32 tests (9.4%)
Lee: Up 3 to 531 on 44 tests (6.8%)

. . .

Two new cases: Calhoun, Cedar, Davis, Dickinson, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Harrison, Humboldt.

Range of tests: Davis was up 2 on 6 tests (33.3%) while Humboldt was up 2 on 52 tests (3.8%).

. . .

One new case: Adair, Adams, Cass, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Decatur, Jefferson, Keokuk, Osceola, Ringgold, Shelby, Union, Worth.

Range of tests: Adams was up 1 on 2 tests (50.0%) while Cass was up 1 on 27 tests (3.7%).

Overall, 68 of the 77 counties had new cases reported.

No new cases: Audubon, Fremont, Greene, Howard, Monona, Montgomery, Taylor, Van Buren, Wayne.

Best day in the state: Van Buren was up 0 new cases on 22 tests.

Least testing: Adams was up 1 on 2 tests (50.0%).

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: Fayette (adjusted down one).

One new case: Louisa.

Two new cases: Henry, Poweshiek, Tama, Washington.

. . .

Iowa: Up 3 to 150 on 36 tests (8.3%)
Muscatine: Up 3 to 1,024 on 64 tests (4.7%)
Benton: Up 4 to 234 on 30 tests (13.3%)
Jasper: Up 5 to 661 on 48 tests (10.4%)
Marshall: Up 5 to 1,734 on 63 tests (7.9%)
Allamakee: Up 6 to 211 on 17 tests (35.3%)

. . .

Bremer: Up 11 to 414 on 48 tests (22.9%)
Des Moines: Up 15 to 670 on 63 tests (23.8%)
Woodbury: Up 17 to 4,417 on 95 tests (17.9%)
Dallas: Up 19 to 2,544 on 230 tests (8.3%)
Scott: Up 32 to 2,457 on 258 tests (12.4%)
Black Hawk: Up 32 to 4,117 on 191 tests (16.8%)

. . .

Dubuque: Up 33 to 2,302 on 218 tests (15.1%)
Johnson: Up 35 to 4,729 on 316 tests (11.1%)
Linn: Up 52 to 3,400 on 349 tests (14.9%)
Polk: Up 116 to 14,385 on 974 tests (11.9%)

Too many cases! Help stop the spread of COVID-19!

Now for the regions and groups requested . . .

Iowa Great Lakes Region:

Clay: Up 1 on 15
Dickinson: Up 2 on 25
Emmet: Up 2 on 19
Osceola: Up 1 on 3
Palo Alto: Up 5 on 23

TOTAL: 11 new cases, 85 tests (12.9%)

Before May 25: 0 deaths, 58 cases, 1,126 tests (5.2%)
Since May 25: 18 deaths, 1,109 cases, 11,419 tests (9.7%)

Winnebago & neighbors:

Winnebago: Up 8 on 21
Worth: Up 1 on 12
Cerro Gordo: Up 5 on 77
Hancock: Up 3 on 26
Kossuth: Up 6 on 43

TOTAL: 23 new cases, 179 tests (12.8%)

Thru 6-16: 1 death, 118 cases, 6,224 tests (1.9%)
Since 6-16: 32 deaths, 1,406 cases, 13,262 tests (10.6%)

Counties in the 77 with prisons:

Calhoun: Up 2 on 16 tests
Jones: 8 on 55
Lee: 3 on 44
Page: 4 on 37
Webster: 14 on 68

Counties in the 22 with prisons:

Henry: 2 on 46
Jasper: 5 on 48
Johnson: 35 on 316
Polk: 116 on 974

Better for Henry and Lee.

No DOC update since Sept. 9.

If you have counties, groups of counties, or regions for which you'd like data, let me know and I'll do my best to provide it.

Please act today to help stop the spread so we can defeat this virus and get people back to work and school safely.