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
BREAKING: Over 4,900 kids in Iowa have now contracted coronavirus since January 29, the date when Gov. Reynolds signed Senate File 160 to force schools to offer 100% in-person without providing safety precautions.
(1/4)
Today, on limited testing, Iowa reported 44 new child cases, for a total of 4,916 since Jan. 29.
The 44 new child cases were out of 317 total new cases.
There were only 1,790 new people tested and only 5,818 total tests reported today.
(2/4)
Child cases are a danger to the kids themselves, now and in the future, as well as families, staff, and the public.
Here are the weekly coronavirus case and death data for Iowa, both statewide and by county, for the week of February 14-21, 2021.
For the week, Iowa reported:
100 more coronavirus deaths
286 new hospital admissions
3,475 new confirmed cases
Less bad, but still too high!
The 100 deaths reported this week (Feb. 14-21) in Iowa were lowest number of deaths reported for a Sunday-to-Sunday week since Oct. 25-Nov. 1 (82 deaths).
At 14.3 deaths per day, it's still 3rd leading cause of death behind heart disease (19.7 per day) & cancer (17.7 per day).
New hospital admissions for coronavirus in Iowa totaled 286 for second week in a row:
Iowa reports 17 more coronavirus deaths and 1,869 new coronavirus cases.
The 17 deaths are the second highest reported on a Sunday, and the 307 deaths reported since last Sunday (Nov. 29-Dec. 6) are highest for a 7-day period yet.
The 17 coronavirus deaths reported in Iowa today were in Black Hawk (3), Bremer, Butler, Floyd, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Marion, Polk, Pottawattamie (5), and Webster Counties.
Please speak up with Gov. Reynolds and legislators to do more to slow the spread of coronavirus and save lives.
Since the Republican majority adjourned the Iowa Legislature on June 14, over 2,000 Iowans have now died from this infectious disease (2,682 total now vs. 651 then).
Iowa Senate Republican Leader Jack Whitver writes: "it is impossible to legislate away the pandemic."
What a defeatist! With that attitude, no wonder over 2,000 Iowans have now died from coronavirus since the Republican majority adjourned June 14. (1/4)
Good public policy and leadership can stop or reduce the spread and save lives.
New Zealand has 5 coronavirus deaths per million people. Norway (like Iowa, not an island) has 65 deaths per million. In Iowa, it's 850 per million, more than 1 out of every 1,200 Iowans! (2/4)
Our neighbor to the north, Minnesota, which has higher population density, has fewer deaths than Iowa per million people. Minnesota has 706 deaths per million.
If Iowa had Minnesota's fatality rate, we would have 446 more Iowans alive today. (3/4)
Earlier today, I shared the statewide coronavirus toll Iowa reported for the 24-hour period from Dec. 4 at 10 am to Dec. 5 at 10 am, including 62 deaths (2,665 total) and 2,369 new confirmed cases (82,369 currently active).
Now for daily county data . . .
There are 77 counties where Gov. Reynolds loosened Iowa's limited coronavirus restrictions May 1, without an alternative safety plan.
On April 30, they had 559 total cases and 11 total deaths.
Today, they had 1,148 new cases (total 104,451) and 44 more deaths (total 1,190).
Coronavirus deaths in the 77 counties were reported in Adair, Appanoose, Butler (3), Carroll, Cass, Chickasaw, Clay, Clinton, Davis (2), Delaware, Floyd (2), Hamilton, Humboldt, Ida, Jefferson, Jones, Keokuk, Kossuth, Lee (2), Lyon, Marion (2), Mills, Mitchell, Monona, . . .
The 62 coronavirus deaths reported today in Iowa were in the following counties:
Adair
Appanoose
Black Hawk (2)
Butler (3)
Carroll
Cass
Chickasaw
Clay
Clinton
Davis (2)
Delaware
Dubuque
Floyd (2)
Hamilton
Henry
Humboldt
Ida
Jefferson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Kossuth
Lee (2)
. . .
Coronavirus deaths reported today in Iowa by county (cont'd):
Linn
Lyon
Marion (2)
Marshall
Mills
Mitchell
Monona
Osceola
Palo Alto
Plymouth
Polk (5)
Pottawattamie (2)
Sac
Scott (3)
Shelby (3)
Story
Union
Warren (2)
Winneshiek
Woodbury (3)