Thread by @SenatorRobHogg

September 10, 2020

Twenty more Iowans have died from coronavirus, pushing the state's total to 1,205 since the first death on March 24.

Deaths were reported in the following counties:

. . .

Black Hawk (2), Des Moines, Dubuque, Emmet, Grundy, Jones, Lucas, Lyon, Marion, Plymouth, Polk (2), Pottawattamie, Scott (2), Wapello, Warren, and Webster (2) Counties.

Please mourn the dead, support loved ones and caregivers, and help stop the spread!

#IowaMourns

Does our Governor have a plan to end this carnage?

Has she asked her experts about how many more Iowans will die from this disease?

If so, what did they say and what did they suggest to reduce those deaths?

If not, why not?

We need action to save lives!

#IowaMourns

On a day when 20 more Iowans have died from coronavirus, hospitalizations for that disease dropped 20 to 302, yet patients in intensive care units went up to 85.

There were 48 new admissions to Iowa hospitals for COVID-19 in the last 24-hour reporting period.

Between 10 am Sept. 9 and 10 am Sept. 10, Iowa reported 819 new cases of coronavirus, pushing the state's total to 71,956.

Subtracting deaths and "recoveries," there are 19,111 active cases - fourth day in a row over 19,000 - one out of every 165 Iowans.

The 819 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed on reported 6,607 tests (from 676,602 to 683,209), for rate of tests showing COVID-19 of 12.4%.

We'll find out at state's "accessibility" link at 11 am how many of the new cases were Iowa kids under age 18. That stands at 5,167.

The 77 counties where Gov. Reynolds first loosened Iowa's limited restrictions May 1 without an alternative safety plan were up 328 new cases for total of 26,621.

They had 12 more deaths reported for a total of 391.

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

Sorry for the delay. We have a steady rain here, so I had to empty the buckets inside and outside our house collecting rainwater.

Now I'm back and ready to provide the county-by-county coronavirus test data in Iowa from between 10 am Sept. 9 and 10 am Sept. 10.

Biggest case increases in the 77 counties:

Story: Up 39 to 3,011 on 229 tests (17.0%)
Webster: Up 23 to 1,106 on 160 tests (14.4%)
Cerro Gordo: Up 21 to 918 on 155 tests (13.5%)
Lee: Up 17 to 528 on 78 tests (21.8%)
Plymouth: Up 17 to 881 on 50 tests (34.0%)

. . .

Pottawattamie: Up 14 to 1,739 on 129 tests (10.9%)
Sioux: Up 13 to 1,022 on 57 tests (22.8%)
Warren: Up 11 to 874 on 105 tests (10.5%)
Chickasaw: Up 10 to 162 on 39 tests (25.6%)
Buena Vista: Up 10 to 1,872 on 53 tests (18.9%)
Clayton: Up 9 to 204 on 21 tests (42.9%)

. . .

Kossuth: Up 7 to 147 on 58 tests (12.1%)
Howard: Up 7 to 162 on 19 tests (36.8%)
Buchanan: Up 7 to 199 on 25 tests (28.0%)
Winnebago: Up 6 to 182 on 28 tests (21.4%)

. . .

Cedar: Up 5 to 188 on 102 tests (4.9%)
Shelby: Up 5 to 229 on 18 tests (27.8%)
Hamilton: Up 5 to 302 on 36 tests (13.9%)
Boone: Up 5 to 392 on 43 tests (11.6%)
Crawford: Up 5 to 876 on 33 tests (15.2%)
Palo Alto: Up 4 to 132 on 12 tests (33.3%)

. . .

Cherokee: Up 4 to 153 on 28 tests (14.3%)
Humboldt: Up 4 to 160 on 23 tests (17.4%)
Floyd: Up 4 to 247 on 42 tests (9.5%)
Jackson: Up 4 to 248 on 29 tests (13.8%)
Mahaska: Up 4 to 273 on 30 tests (13.3%)
Clinton: Up 4 to 950 on 101 tests (4.0%)

. . .

Appanoose: Up 3 to 103 on 48 tests (6.3%)
Lucas: Up 3 to 113 on 25 tests (12.0%)
Calhoun: Up 3 to 142 on 36 tests (8.3%)
Lyon: Up 3 to 174 on 16 tests (18.8%)
Madison: Up 3 to 175 on 28 tests (10.7%)
Guthrie: Up 3 to 185 on 16 tests (18.8%)

. . .

Jones: Up 3 to 200 on 31 tests (9.7%)
O’Brien: Up 3 to 234 on 17 tests (17.6%)
Hardin: Up 3 to 254 on 37 tests (8.1%)
Carroll: Up 3 to 501 on 45 tests (6.7%)
Marion: Up 3 to 611 on 41 tests (7.3%)

. . .

Two new cases: Audubon, Clay, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Dickinson, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Mitchell, Union, Winneshiek.

Range of tests: Audubon was up 2 on 5 tests (40.0%) while Dickinson was up 2 on 58 tests (3.4%).

. . .

One new case: Butler, Clarke, Emmet, Ida, Keokuk, Mills, Monroe, Sac, Worth, Wright.

Range of tests: Mills up 1 on 9 tests (11.1%) while Emmet was up 1 on 30 tests (3.3%).

Overall, 60 of the 77 counties had new cases reported.

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No new cases: Adair, Adams, Cass, Hancock, Harrison, Jefferson, Montgomery, Osceola, Page, Pocahontas, Taylor, Van Buren, Wapello, and Wayne, while Fremont, Monona, and Ringgold were each adjusted down one.

Best day in the state: Cass was up 0 new cases on 32 tests.

. . .

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: Fayette, Louisa.

Two new cases: None!

Allamakee: Up 3 to 205 on 18 tests (16.7%)
Poweshiek: Up 4 to 209 on 43 tests (9.3%)
Benton: Up 4 to 230 on 32 tests (12.5%)
Washington: Up 4 to 378 on 80 tests (5.0%)
Marshall: Up 4 to 1,729 on 84 tests (4.8%)

. . .

Tama: Up 6 to 661 on 31 tests (19.4%)
Iowa: Up 7 to 147 on 43 tests (16.3%)
Jasper: Up 7 to 656 on 77 tests (9.1%)
Muscatine: Up 13 to 1,021 on 69 tests (18.8%)
Bremer: Up 15 to 403 on 41 tests (36.6%)
Des Moines: Up 15 to 655 on 147 tests (10.2%)

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Scott: Up 26 to 2,425 on 286 tests (9.1%)
Black Hawk: Up 26 to 4,085 on 283 tests (9.2%)
Dallas: Up 29 to 2,525 on 218 tests (13.3%)
Woodbury: Up 29 to 4,400 on 188 tests (15.4%)
Dubuque: Up 36 to 2,269 on 330 tests (10.9%)
Henry: Up 40 to 450 on 88 tests (45.5%)

. . .

Johnson: Up 53 to 4,694 on 428 tests (12.4%)
Linn: Up 66 to 3,348 on 374 tests (17.6%)
Polk: Up 94 to 14,269 on 926 tests (10.2%)

Way too many cases and deaths! We need action to stop the spread and save lives.

Now for the specific regions and groups that have been requested.

Iowa Great Lakes Region:

Clay: Up 2 on 26 tests
Dickinson: 2 on 58
Emmet: 1 on 30
Osceola: 0 on 3
Palo Alto: 4 on 12

TOTAL: 1 death, 9 new cases, 129 tests (7.0%)

Before May 25: 0 deaths, 58 cases, 1,126 tests (5.2%)
Since May 25: 18 deaths, 1,098 cases, 11,334 tests (9.7%)

Winnebago & neighbors:

Winnebago: Up 6 on 28
Worth: Up 1 on 13
Cerro Gordo: Up 21 on 155
Hancock: Up 0 on 18
Kossuth: Up 7 on 58

TOTAL: 35 new cases, 272 tests (12.9%)

Thru 6-16: 1 death, 118 cases, 6,224 tests (1.9%)
Since 6-16: 32 deaths, 1,383 cases, 13,083 tests (10.6%)

We now have the update from the state on the number of Iowa kids under age 18 who have tested positive for coronavirus.

There were 105 more kids who have tested positive, up to 5,272.

That's up 1,457 since August 22.

Counties in the 77 with prisons:

Calhoun: Up 3 on 36 tests
Jones: 3 on 31
Lee: 17 on 78
Page: 0 on 6
Webster: 23 on 160

Counties in the 22 with prisons:

Henry: Up 40 on 88 tests
Jasper: 7 on 77
Johnson: 53 on 428
Polk: 94 on 926

Page at 0, not much testing. Now DOC data.

Iowa Dep't of Corrections reports 14 more inmates (from 815 to 829) and 5 more staff (from 120 to 125) have tested positive, but also says more have "recovered."

This was updated Sept. 9.

We must do better protecting staff and inmates from coronavirus.

We must protect all Iowans better from this deadly infectious disease. 20 more deaths calls out for a plan to slow and stop this disease.

I've presented my plans before. What will our Governor do to stop the spread, save lives & end the public health emergency she's declared?