Thread by @SenatorRobHogg

September 23, 2020

Eight more Iowans have died from COVID-19, pushing Iowa's total to 1,293 since the first death on March 24.

Deaths were reported in Black Hawk (2), Clay, Clinton, Grundy, Lyon, Scott, and Winnebago Counties.

#IowaMourns

Six months of coronavirus deaths in Iowa:

Thru March 23: 0 deaths
Mar. 23-Apr. 23: 96 deaths
Apr. 23-May 23: 348 deaths
May 23-June 23: 244 deaths
June 23-July 23: 127 deaths
July 23-Aug. 23: 219 deaths
Aug. 23-Sept. 23: 259 deaths

This is going in the wrong direction!

In addition to the eight additional COVID-19 deaths reported today in Iowa, the state says hospitalizations were up by 16 to 301, including 77 in intensive care and 37 on ventilators.

There were 59 new admissions to Iowa hospitals for COVID-19 in last 24-hour reporting period.

Between 10 a.m. Sept. 22 and 10 a.m. Sept. 23, there were 856 new cases reported, pushing Iowa's total to 82,006.

Subtracting deaths (1,293) and "recoveries" (60,296), there are 20,417 active cases in Iowa - one out of every 155 Iowans!

The 856 new cases were confirmed on 6,080 new reported tests (up from 744,863 to 750,943) - that's a rate of tests reported showing COVID-19 of 14.1%.

Of the new cases, 90 were kids under age 18 who tested positive for coronavirus, pushing total for Iowa kids' cases to 6,595.

The number of Iowa kids under age 18 who have tested positive for coronavirus is up 2,057 since Sept. 1 (when it was 4,538).

It's up 815 in the last week (from 5,780 to 6,595).

We must do more to protect kids, families, staff, and the public from the spread of coronavirus.

The 77 counties where Gov. Reynolds first loosened Iowa's limited restrictions May 1, without an alternative safety plan, were up 394 new cases for total of 31,366.

They had 5 more deaths reported for total of 428.

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

After a couple days in second, Sioux County again had the most new cases in the 77 counties.

That's now 7 out of 8 days with more new cases than Story and Johnson Counties.

New cases reported today:
Sioux (pop. 35,000): 55
Story (pop. 97,000): 26
Johnson (pop. 147,000): 17

Here are the county-by-county new cases, total cases, new tests reported, comparing the state’s spreadsheet on Sept. 22 at 10 a.m. with the spreadsheet on Sept. 23 at 10 a.m., with a percentage that shows new cases divided by new tests reported:

. . .

Biggest case increases in the 77 counties:

Sioux: Up 55 to 1,431 – 175 tests (31.4%)
Story: Up 26 to 3,341 – 183 tests (14.2%)
Lyon: Up 14 to 275 – 42 tests (33.3%)
O’Brien: Up 14 to 326 – 80 tests (17.5%)
Plymouth: Up 14 to 1,072 – 59 tests (23.7%)

. . .

Crawford: Up 12 to 1,026 – 43 tests (27.9%)
Cherokee: Up 10 to 214 – 37 tests (27.0%)
Osceola: Up 9 to 141 – 12 tests (75.0%)
Harrison: Up 9 to 190 – 9 tests (100.0%)
Grundy: Up 9 to 216 – 30 tests (30.0%)
Cerro Gordo: Up 9 to 1,013 – 69 tests (13.0%)

. . .

Webster: Up 9 to 1,212 – 31 tests (29.0%)
Buchanan: Up 8 to 260 – 49 tests (16.3%)
Lee: Up 8 to 610 – 83 tests (9.6%)
Warren: Up 8 to 941 – 99 tests (8.1%)
Kossuth: Up 7 to 240 – 17 tests (41.2%)
Marion: Up 7 to 735 – 44 tests (15.9%)

. . .

Shelby: Up 6 to 250 – 28 tests (21.4%)
Clarke: Up 6 to 262 – 16 tests (37.5%)
Carroll: Up 6 to 644 – 69 tests (8.7%)
Clinton: Up 6 to 1,083 – 64 tests (9.4%)
Keokuk: Up 5 to 97 – 16 tests (31.3%)
Calhoun: Up 5 to 178 – 61 tests (8.2%)

. . .

Chickasaw: Up 5 to 229 – 22 tests (22.7%)
Jones: Up 5 to 253 – 30 tests (16.7%)
Clay: Up 5 to 301 – 25 tests (20.0%)
Floyd: Up 5 to 308 – 31 cases (16.1%)
Wright: up 5 to 568 – 25 tests (20.0%)
Wapello: Up 5 to 1,280 – 40 tests (12.5%)

. . .

Buena Vista: Up 5 to 1,956 – 21 tests (23.8%)
Pottawattamie: Up 5 to 2,007 – 43 tests (11.6%)
Fremont: Up 4 to 94 – 13 tests (30.8%)
Greene: Up 4 to 95 – 27 tests (14.8%)
Union: Up 4 to 126 – 35 tests (11.4%)
Humboldt: Up 4 to 180 – 25 tests (16.0%)

. . .

Cedar: Up 4 to 228 – 33 tests (12.1%)
Winnebago: Up 4 to 280 – 27 tests (14.8%)
Mahaska: Up 4 to 359 – 23 tests (17.4%)
Decatur: Up 3 to 63 – 16 tests (18.8%)
Davis: Up 3 to 119 – 8 tests (37.5%)
Cass: Up 3 to 139 – 16 tests (18.8%)

. . .

Monona: Up 3 to 143 – 23 tests (13.0%)
Mitchell: Up 3 to 186 – 32 tests (9.4%)
Clayton: Up 3 to 237 – 26 tests (11.5%)
Butler: Up 3 to 265 – 36 tests (8.3%)
Winneshiek: Up 3 to 304 – 36 tests (8.3%)
Hamilton: Up 3 to 318 – 15 tests (20.0%)

. . .

Two new cases: Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Delaware, Guthrie, Hancock, Hardin, Howard, Ida, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, Sac, Taylor.

Range of tests reported: Audubon was up 2 on 4 tests reported (50.0%) while Hardin was up 2 on 77 tests reported (2.6%).

. . .

One new case: Adair, Emmet, Mills, Palo Alto, Ringgold, Van Buren, Worth.

Range of tests reported: Mills was up 1 on 4 tests reported (25.0%) while Adair was up 1 on 27 tests reported (3.7%).

Overall, 69 of the 77 counties had new cases reported.

. . .

No new cases: Dickinson, Franklin, Jefferson, Lucas, Montgomery, Page, Pocahontas, Wayne.

Best day in the state: Franklin with 0 new cases and 21 tests reported.

Least testing: Page with 2 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, Louisa.

Two new cases: Fayette, Iowa.

Bremer: Up 3 to 472 – 47 tests (6.4%)
Tama: Up 4 to 698 – 39 tests (10.3%)
Marshall: Up 4 to 1,767 – 82 tests (4.9%)
Washington: Up 5 to 440 – 79 tests (6.3%)
Benton: Up 8 to 295 – 75 tests (10.7%)
Jasper: Up 10 to 786 – 97 tests (10.3%)

. . .

Des Moines: Up 11 to 751 – 118 tests (9.3%)
Poweshiek: Up 14 to 267 – 42 tests (33.3%)
Muscatine: Up 15 to 1,083 – 72 tests (20.8%)
Henry: Up 16 to 638 – 54 tests (29.6%)
Dallas: Up 16 to 2,715 – 204 tests (7.8%)
Johnson: Up 17 to 5,041 – 222 tests (7.7%)

. . .

Scott: Up 25 to 2,844 – 250 tests (10.0%)
Black Hawk: Up 29 to 4,407 – 262 tests (11.1%)
Linn: Up 33 to 3,847 – 310 tests (10.6%)
Dubuque: Up 69 to 2,919 – 207 tests (33.3%)
Polk: Up 79 to 15,450 – 821 tests (9.6%)
Woodbury: Up 94 to 5,132 – 494 tests (19.0%)

Too many cases!

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

If you'd like more data about a county, region, or group, let me know and I will do my best to provide it.

Email me: rob [dot] hogg [at] legis [dot] iowa [dot] gov.

Winnebago & neighbors:

Winnebago: 4 cases, 27 tests (1 death)
Worth: 1-20
Cerro Gordo: 9-69
Hancock: 2-17
Kossuth: 7-17

TOTAL: 1 death, 23 new cases, 150 tests (15.3%)

Thru 6-16: 1 death, 118 cases, 6,224 tests (1.9%)
Since 6-16: 35 deaths, 1,695 cases, 14,988 tests (11.3%)

Iowa Great Lakes:

Clay: 5-25 (1 death)
Dickinson: 0-8
Emmet: 1-5
Osceola: 9-12
Palo Alto: 1-10

TOTAL: 16 new cases, 60 tests (26.7%)

Spring: 0 deaths, 58 cases, 1,126 tests (5.2%)
Summer: 19 deaths, 1,265 cases, 12,345 tests (10.2%)
Fall: 1 death, 24 cases, 113 tests (21.2%)

Counties with prisons:

Calhoun: 5 cases, 61 tests reported
Jones: 5-30
Lee: 8-83
Page: 0-2
Webster: 9-31

Henry: 16-54
Jasper: 10-97
Johnson: 17-222
Polk: 79-821

Not very good. DOC reports 2 more inmates and 4 more staff test positive, only one more "recovery."

With 8 more deaths, hospitalizations up to 301, and 856 confirmed new cases including 90 new cases for Iowa kids under age 18, it remains clear we must do more to slow down and stop the spread.

Gov. Reynolds says it's a public health emergency. Why won't she do more?