October 2, 2020
Another deadly day from coronavirus as Iowa reports 9 more deaths, pushing Iowa's total to 1,367 since the first death on March 24.
Deaths were reported in Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Mahaska, Polk (2), Pottawattamie, Sioux, and Woodbury Counties.
#IowaMourns
In addition to the 9 deaths, Iowa reports hospitalizations for COVID-19 are down to 393 - good - but that's still up from 269 on Sept. 20.
95 patients in intensive care and 36 on ventilators.
There were 66 new admissions to Iowa hospitals in the last 24-hour reporting period.
Between 10 am Oct. 1 and 10 am Oct. 2, there were 1,142 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, pushing Iowa's total to 90,754.
That's the third day in a row over 1,000 new confirmed cases.
As recently as August 27, we were under 60,000 cases.
The 1,142 new cases were confirmed on 6,779 reported tests (up from 803,772 to 810,551). Dividing new cases by reported tests is 16.8%.
Subtracting deaths (1,367) and "recoveries" (70,420), there are 18,967 active cases of coronavirus in Iowa - one out of every 167 people!
The 77 counties where Gov. Reynolds first loosened Iowa's limited restrictions May 1, without an alternative safety plan, were up 538 new cases for total of 35,650 cases.
They had 5 deaths reported, for a total of 466.
On April 30, they had 559 total cases and 11 total deaths.
Sioux County (pop. 35,000) had the 3rd most new cases in the 77 counties, and another death.
For 16 of last 17 days, it has had more new cases than Story (pop. 97,000) and Johnson (pop. 147,000).
Sioux: 32
Story: 18
Johnson: 25
Governor, any action to stop the spread there?
Biggest case increases, total cases, and new tests reported (with new cases divided by new tests reported) in the 77 counties:
Webster: Up 51 to 1,381 – 188 tests (27.1%)
Pottawattamie: Up 43 to 2,287 – 221 tests (19.5%)
Sioux: Up 32 to 1,797 – 75 tests (42.7%)
. . .
Cerro Gordo: Up 21 to 1,101 – 148 tests (14.2%)
Story: Up 18 to 3,530 – 137 tests (13.1%)
Wapello: Up 15 to 1,365 – 68 tests (22.1%)
Kossuth: Up 12 to 304 – 27 tests (44.4%)
Warren: Up 12 to 990 – 88 tests (13.6%)
. . .
Page: Up 11 to 219 – 38 tests (28.9%)
Jackson: Up 11 to 381 – 40 tests (27.5%)
Lyon: Up 11 to 401 – 67 tests (16.4%)
Delaware: Up 11 to 479 – 44 tests (25.0%)
Plymouth: Up 11 to 1,224 – 35 tests (31.4%)
. . .
Mahaska: Up 10 to 446 – 61 tests (16.4%)
Lee: Up 10 to 681 – 56 tests (17.9%)
Crawford: Up 10 to 1,127 – 30 tests (33.3%)
Clinton: Up 10 to 1,166 – 102 tests (9.8%)
Taylor: Up 9 to 157 – 19 tests (47.4%)
Boone: Up 9 to 542 – 45 tests (20.0%)
. . .
Greene: Up 8 to 117 – 24 tests (33.3%)
Calhoun: Up 8 to 206 – 19 tests (42.1%)
Madison: Up 8 to 255 – 28 tests (28.6%)
Cedar: Up 8 to 270 – 38 tests (21.1%)
Buchanan: Up 8 to 308 – 43 tests (18.6%)
Winnebago: Up 8 to 334 – 21 tests (38.1%)
. . .
Floyd: Up 8 to 368 – 34 tests (23.5%)
O’Brien: Up 8 to 431 – 27 tests (29.6%)
Marion: Up 8 to 787 – 48 tests (16.7%)
Harrison: Up 7 to 297 – 32 tests (21.9%)
. . .
Audubon: Up 6 to 98 – 15 tests (40.0%)
Appanoose: Up 6 to 150 – 24 tests (25.0%)
Pocahontas: Up 6 to 174 – 18 tests (33.3%)
Mills: Up 6 to 211 – 35 tests (17.1%)
Palo Alto: Up 6 to 224 – 15 tests (40.0%)
Jones: Up 6 to 304 – 28 tests (21.4%)
. . .
Dickinson: Up 6 to 562 – 21 tests (28.6%)
Carroll: Up 6 to 717 – 29 tests (20.7%)
Decatur: Up 5 to 72 – 19 tests (26.3%)
Montgomery: Up 5 to 105 – 26 tests (19.2%)
Fremont: Up 5 to 132 – 21 tests (23.8%)
Monona: Up 5 to 172 – 19 tests (26.3%)
. . .
Cass: Up 5 to 188 – 30 tests (16.7%)
Ida: Up 4 to 139 – 8 tests (50.0%)
Mitchell: Up 4 to 200 – 21 tests (19.0%)
Grundy: Up 4 to 234 – 25 tests (16.0%)
Sac: Up 4 to 281 – 14 tests (28.6%)
Wright: Up 4 to 607 – 34 tests (11.8%)
. . .
Hancock: Up 3 to 208 – 30 tests (10.0%)
Clarke: Up 3 to 273 – 20 tests (15.0%)
Cherokee: Up 3 to 278 – 11 tests (27.3%)
Butler: Up 3 to 284 – 12 tests (25.0%)
Hamilton: Up 3 to 340 – 35 tests (8.6%)
Clay: Up 3 to 362 – 26 tests (11.5%)
. . .
Two new cases: Buena Vista, Chickasaw, Clayton, Emmet, Guthrie, Hardin, Humboldt, Jefferson, Keokuk, Ringgold, Shelby, Winneshiek, Worth.
Range of tests reported: Keokuk was up 2 with 8 tests reported (25.0%) while Guthrie was up 2 with 34 tests reported (5.9%).
. . .
Buena Vista was up 2 to 2,030 with 16 tests reported (12.5%).
One new case: Davis, Franklin, Osceola, Union, Van Buren.
Range: Van Buren up 1 with 3 tests reported (33.3%) while Union up 1 with 22 tests reported (4.5%).
Overall, 71 of the 77 counties had new cases reported.
No new cases: Adair, Adams, Howard, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne.
Best day in the state: Howard, Lucas, and Monroe with 0 new cases and 10 tests reported.
Least testing: Van Buren up 1 with 3 tests reported.
. . .
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: None!
One new case: Allamakee (18 tests reported)
Two new cases: Louisa (18 tests reported)
. . .
Fayette: Up 3 to 244 – 33 tests (9.1%)
Bremer: Up 3 to 517 – 31 tests (9.7%)
Poweshiek: Up 4 to 336 – 26 tests (15.4%)
Benton: Up 4 to 350 – 53 tests (7.5%)
Iowa: Up 5 to 235 – 25 tests (20.0%)
. . .
Washington: Up 8 to 502 – 57 tests (14.0%)
Tama: Up 8 to 770 – 43 tests (18.6%)
Muscatine: Up 10 to 1,150 – 89 tests (11.2%)
Jasper: Up 11 to 895 – 97 tests (11.3%)
Marshall: Up 16 to 1,820 – 40 tests (40.0%)
. . .
Black Hawk: Up 17 to 4,595 – 264 tests (6.4%)
Dallas: Up 24 to 2,896 – 191 tests (12.6%)
Johnson: Up 25 to 5,230 – 227 tests (11.0%)
Des Moines: Up 26 to 857 – 109 tests (23.9%)
Henry: Up 34 to 812 – 70 tests (48.6%)
. . .
Linn: Up 62 to 4,281 – 467 tests (13.3%)
Dubuque: Up 75 to 3,561 – 297 tests (25.3%)
Scott: Up 79 to 3,215 – 472 tests (16.7%)
Woodbury: Up 82 to 5,787 – 365 tests (22.5%)
Polk: Up 94 to 16,329 – 958 tests (9.8%)
Too many cases and too many deaths!
. . .
Now for some specific regions and groups . . .
If you'd like more data about a specific county, region, or group of counties, let me know and I'll do my best to provide it.
Email: rob [dot] hogg [at] legis [dot] iowa [dot] gov.
. . .
Iowa has now updated the number of Iowa kids under age 18 who have tested positive:
7,654
That's up 127 since yesterday, and up 3,116 since September 1 (when it was 4,538).
At this rate, an additional 20,000 kids will test positive by the end of April, 2021.
Winnebago & neighbors:
Winnebago: 8 new cases, 21 tests
Worth: 2-17
Cerro Gordo: 21-148
Hancock: 3-30
Kossuth: 12-27
TOTAL: 1 death, 46 new cases, 243 tests (18.9%)
Thru 6-16: 1 death, 118 cases, 6,224 tests (1.9%)
Since 6-16: 38 deaths, 1,942 cases, 16,481 tests (11.8%)
Great Lakes Region:
Clay: 3-26
Dickinson: 6-21
Emmet: 2-13
Osceola: 1-10
Palo Alto: 6-15
TOTAL: 18 new cases, 85 tests (21.2%)
Spring: 0 deaths, 58 cases, 1,126 tests (5.2%)
Summer: 19 deaths, 1,265 cases, 12,345 tests (10.2%)
Fall: 1 death, 294 cases, 1,503 tests (19.6%)
Counties with prisons:
Calhoun: 8-19
Jones: 6-28
Lee: 10-56
Page: 11-38
Webster: 51-188
Henry: 34-70
Jasper: 11-97
Johnson: 25-227
Polk: 94-958
Lots of cases.
No DOC update. Still 115 active inmate cases and 26 active staff cases.
Must protect our staff and inmates better!
SUMMARY: 9 more deaths, hospitalizations at 393, and 1,142 new confirmed cases including 127 kids.
This is a public health emergency. Please act like it.
(1) Stay home if possible.
(2) Mask up when out.
(3) Keep your distance.
(4) Vote for more action to stop the spread.
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