Thread by @SenatorRobHogg

November 8, 2020

Iowa has suffered another awful day from coronavirus:

13 more deaths (1,842 total)
127 deaths reported so far in November
992 hospitalized (highest yet)
181 new hospital admissions (highest yet)
4,213 new confirmed cases

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Deaths were reported in Black Hawk, Bremer, Carroll, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Dubuque (2), Hardin, Lee, Linn, Muscatine, Page, and Plymouth Counties.

All across Iowa.

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The death in Page County was the first one reported there, which means that coronavirus has now killed Iowans in 95 of our 99 counties.

Here is a local news report that confirms the death. The local report was published 6 days ago.

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In addition to the 13 deaths, hospitalizations were up to 992 - the highest yet - including 190 in intensive care (down 4) and 77 on ventilators (up 5).

There were 181 new admissions to Iowa hospitals for coronavirus - the highest yet - in the last 24-hour reporting period.

The state is continuing to report 92 long-term care facility outbreaks - tied for the highest yet.

The state is also reporting the deaths of four more long-term care facility residents, for a total of 890.

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Between 10 am Nov. 7 and 10 am Nov. 8, Iowa reported 4,213 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, pushing the total to 152,604 total cases.

That's 16,557 new cases in just the last four days!

Subtracting deaths (1,842) and "recoveries" (100,712), there are now 50,050 active cases of coronavirus in Iowa - the highest yet - or one out of every 64 Iowans!

This is a full-fledged public health emergency.

The 4,213 new cases were confirmed on 9,115 reported tests (from 1,021,858 to 1,030,973). Dividing new cases by reported tests equals 46.2%.

The state's "positive case analysis" shows 2,162 new cases on 7,634 tests for a rate of 28.3%. Even without missing cases, way too high!

There are 77 counties where Gov. Reynolds loosened Iowa's limited coronavirus restrictions May 1, without an alternative safety plan.

Today, they had 1,803 new cases (total 64,056) and 7 more deaths (total 722).

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

Now for the county-by-county data, with a change in format. With such high statewide test rates showing COVID-19, I am only going to report tests and percentages for counties that have a percent (new cases divided by new reported tests) under 20%. Today, that's Van Buren.

If you need the tests and percentages for a county, let me know, or email me at rob [dot] hogg [at] legis [dot] iowa [dot] gov.

This change will save me time and reduce the number of tweets to report all 99 counties. Let me know what you think.

Here are the biggest case increases in the 77 counties (with new cases and total cases):

Pottawattamie: Up 126 to 4,054
Story: Up 78 to 4,798
Clinton: Up 64 to 1,953
Cerro Gordo: Up 61 to 2,022
Warren: Up 60 to 1,671
Lee: Up 56 to 1,320
Jackson: Up 54 to 994

. . .

Jones: Up 53 to 1,338
Plymouth: Up 52 to 2,088
Carroll: Up 51 to 1,463
Sioux: Up 47 to 2,896
Page: Up 43 to 675
Buena Vista: Up 42 to 2,517
Shelby: Up 42 to 525
Marion: Up 41 to 1,353
Delaware: Up 39 to 1,027
Buchanan: Up 36 to 695
Calhoun: Up 35 to 648

. . .

Appanoose: Up 31 to 399
Wapello: Up 31 to 1,841
Boone: Up 30 to 917
Union: Up 26 to 368
Sac: Up 26 to 532
Mahaska: Up 26 to 905
Kossuth: Up 25 to 611
Mills: Up 24 to 602
O’Brien: Up 24 to 946
Webster: Up 24 to 2,392
Winneshiek: Up 23 to 625
Greene: Up 22 to 280

. . .

Clay: Up 22 to 709
Pocahontas: Up 21 to 349
Cedar: Up 20 to 651
Hardin: Up 20 to 674
Keokuk: Up 18 to 302
Mitchell: Up 18 to 421
Harrison: Up 17 to 816
Dickinson: Up 17 to 946
Grundy: Up 16 to 472
Cherokee: Up 16 to 525
Butler: Up 16 to 555
Cass: Up 16 to 579

. . .

Wright: Up 16 to 915
Hancock: Up 15 to 529
Floyd: Up 15 to 571
Adair: Up 13 to 278
Taylor: Up 13 to 321
Lyon: Up 13 to 642
Montgomery: Up 12 to 267
Madison: Up 12 to 455
Palo Alto: Up 11 to 406
Franklin: Up 11 to 466
Emmet: Up 11 to 512
Hamilton: Up 11 to 580

. . .

Clayton: Up 11 to 675
Adams: Up 10 to 103
Jefferson: Up 10 to 352
Humboldt: Up 10 to 463
Crawford: Up 10 to 1,498
Winnebago: Up 9 to 621
Ida: Up 8 to 311
Audubon: Up 7 to 228
Guthrie: Up 7 to 502
Worth: Up 6 to 206
Fremont: Up 6 to 253
Monona: Up 6 to 295

. . .

Wayne: Up 5 to 224
Davis: Up 5 to 259
Clarke: Up 5 to 396
Chickasaw: Up 5 to 461
Monroe: Up 4 to 313
Howard: Up 4 to 326
Osceola: Up 4 to 351
Ringgold: Up 3 to 124
Decatur: Up 2 to 218
Van Buren: Up 2 to 235
Lucas: Up 2 to 246

All 77 of the 77 counties had new cases 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: None.
Two new cases: None.
Three new cases: None.
Four new cases: None.
Five new cases: None.

Six new cases: None.
Seven new cases: None.
Eight new cases: None.

Louisa: Up 9 to 624
Allamakee: Up 10 to 492
Washington: Up 11 to 854
Fayette: Up 13 to 568
Poweshiek: Up 16 to 628
Iowa: Up 22 to 593
Henry: Up 26 to 1,316
Tama: Up 30 to 1,168
Bremer: Up 32 to 1,054

. . .

Jasper: Up 40 to 1,528
Muscatine: Up 46 to 1,839
Benton: Up 52 to 958
Des Moines: Up 64 to 1,989
Marshall: Up 75 to 2,570
Woodbury: Up 87 to 8,333
Dallas: Up 121 to 4,351
Johnson: Up 121 to 6,921
Dubuque: Up 197 to 6,769
Scott: Up 202 to 6,376

. . .

Black Hawk: Up 220 to 7,544
Linn: Up 370 to 8,597
Polk: Up 602 to 23,207

Way too many cases, and if deaths are a "lagging indicator" as Gov. Reynolds has said, we face many more deaths of Iowans in the coming days and weeks.

Again, if you'd like more data about a particular county or region, let me know and I'll do my best to provide it.

You can email me at rob [dot] hogg [at] legis [dot] iowa [dot] gov.

Now for specific regions and groups of counties (including tests reported) . . .

Winnebago & neighbors:

Winnebago: 9 cases, 29 tests
Worth: 6-16
Cerro Gordo: 61-107, 1 death
Hancock: 15-52
Kossuth: 25-64

TOTAL: 1 death, 116 cases, 268 tests (43.3%)

Thru 6-16: 1 death, 118 cases, 6,224 tests (1.9%)
Since 6-16: 56 deaths, 3,871 cases, 22,774 tests (17.0%)

Iowa Lakes Region:

Clay: 22-47
Dickinson: 17-31
Emmet: 11-15
Osceola: 4-5
Palo Alto: 11-32

TOTAL: 65 cases, 130 tests (50.0%)

Spring: 0 deaths, 58 cases, 1,126 tests (5.2%)
Summer: 19 deaths, 1,265 cases, 12,341 tests (10.3%)
Fall: 17 deaths, 1,601 cases, 5,582 tests (28.7%)

Counties with prisons:

Calhoun: 35-54
Jones: 53-75
Lee: 56-135
Page: 43-61
Webster: 24-43

Henry: 26-51
Jasper: 40-80
Johnson: 121-358
Polk: 602-1501

No DOC update (Nov. 7 data):
Inmates: 2,293 total cases, 1,136 active, 4 deaths
Staff: 290 total cases, 96 active, 0 deaths

The state's "accessibility status page" appears to be a day behind, but it does show that since Friday, Nov. 6, at 11 am, 381 more Iowa kids under age 18 have tested positive for coronavirus, for a total of 13,412.

That's up 8,874 just since September 1!

Coronavirus in Iowa Summary for Nov. 8:

13 more deaths (1,842 total)
992 hospitalized (highest yet)
181 hospital admissions (highest yet)
92 long-term care outbreaks (tied for highest)
4,213 new confirmed cases (3rd highest yet)
50,050 active cases (highest yet)

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