Thread by @SenatorRobHogg

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:

Feb. 15: 35
Feb. 16: 40
Feb. 17: 44
Feb. 18: 52
Feb. 19: 43
Feb. 20: 34
Feb. 21: 38

Still too many being hospitalized by coronavirus, but down from the 370 admissions from Jan. 31-Feb. 7.

Overall, the total hospitalized in Iowa for coronavirus dropped by 11 from 240 on Feb. 14 to the 229 patients reported today.

Those in intensive care units were up 1 from 57 to 58 and those on ventilators were down 2 from 29 to 27.

Let's drive these numbers down to 0!

For the week (Feb. 14-21), the number of coronavirus "outbreaks" in long-term care facilities in Iowa dropped from 35 to 21.

Iowa reported 8 more coronavirus deaths of long-term care residents, up from 2,131 to 2,139.

Again, let's drive these numbers down to 0!

For the week (Feb. 14-21), Iowa reported 3,475 new coronavirus cases, up from 329,098 to 332,573.

Even though Iowa changed the front page of its coronavirus website, the state's "accessibility page" continues to provide the "total confirmed cases" statewide and by county.

The 3,475 new coronavirus cases reported in Iowa this week (Feb. 14-21) are the lowest for a week by my notes since the derecho data gap (Aug. 10-20).

Iowa reported 3,251 new cases the week of August 2-9.

This is the time to actually stop the virus, not let it go again.

Since August 9, Iowa has reported 4,406 coronavirus deaths. I don't know exactly how many deaths could have been avoided if Iowa had maintained strong public health measures, but I know we could have saved lives.

Let's not make the mistake of relaxing on public health again.

Subtracting deaths (5,336) and "recoveries" (309,168) from total cases (332,573), there are now 18,069 active coronavirus cases in Iowa - 1 out of every 175 Iowans.

By my notes, that's the lowest since I began tracking active cases in mid-September.

Let's not let it go again.

The fatality-case ratio is now 1.6966% [5,336 deaths divided by 314,504 resolved cases (deaths + "recoveries")].

Applying that rate to the 3,475 new cases reported this week (Feb. 14-21) would result in 59 more deaths.

Let's hope that doesn't happen, and let's stop the spread!

The 3,475 new cases reported this week were confirmed on tests of 25,221 new people for a rate of 13.8%.

For total tests (which is what Iowa now shows on its front page of its website), Iowa reported 3,828 new positives on 112,928 new total tests for a rate of 3.4%.

Testing numbers - total tests and new people tested - were back up this week (Feb. 14-21).

The rate showing coronavirus was down.

That's the right direction, but again, 3,475 Iowans got coronavirus, expected to result in another 59 deaths.

Stay vigilant. Get it down to 0!

Now for the coronavirus case data for counties in Iowa for the week (Feb. 14-21):

Most new cases: Polk (762 new cases)
Fewest new cases: Pocahontas (0 new cases)

Polk had 16.1 new cases per 10,000 people, ranking 14th among the 99 counties in Iowa.

Linn County had 157 new cases for the week (Feb. 14-21), or 7.1 new cases per 10,000 people, which ranked 75th in Iowa.

Johnson County had 124 new cases, or 8.4 per 10,000, which ranked 58th in the state.

The five counties in Iowa with the most new cases per capita for the week (Feb. 14-21):

Page (102 cases) (66.4 per 10,000)
Adair (35 cases) (49.1 per 10,000)
Jasper (153 cases) (41.5 per 10,000)
Wapello (84 cases) (23.8 per 10,000)
Clarke (22 cases) (23.7 per 10,000)

The five counties in Iowa with the fewest new cases per capita for the week (Feb. 14-21):

Pocahontas (0 cases) (0.0 per 10,000)
Floyd (2 cases) (1.3 per 10,000)
Adams (1 case) (2.7 per 10,000)
Jefferson (5 cases) (2.8 per 10,000)
Emmet (3 cases) (3.1 per 10,000)

There are 77 counties where Gov. Reynolds first took away Iowa's limited public health measures May 1, without an alternative safety plan.

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

This week, they had 1,554 new cases (tot. 145,457) and 50 deaths (tot. 2,755).

Here are the 77 counties by deaths and cases reported for the week (Feb. 14-21):

Story: 2 more deaths, 118 new cases
Page: 2 more deaths, 102 new cases
Pottawattamie: 1 more death, 93 new cases
Wapello: 0 more deaths, 84 new cases
Warren: 2 more deaths, 70 new cases

. . .

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Clinton: 2 more deaths, 69 new cases
Marion: 0 more deaths, 49 new cases
Webster: 2 more deaths, 41 new cases
Lee: 4 more deaths, 39 new cases
Adair: 1 more death, 35 new cases
Sioux: 0 more deaths, 35 new cases

. . .

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Winneshiek: 0 more deaths, 32 new cases
Kossuth: 2 more deaths, 31 new cases
Cedar: 2 more deaths, 30 new cases
Cerro Gordo: 0 more deaths, 28 new cases
Boone: 3 more deaths, 26 new cases

. . .

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Crawford: 0 more deaths, 26 new cases
Dickinson: 1 more death, 25 new cases
Madison: 1 more death, 25 new cases
Plymouth: 2 more deaths, 23 new cases
Clarke: 0 more deaths, 22 new cases

. . .

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Hamilton: 2 more deaths, 22 new cases
Buena Vista: 0 more deaths, 19 new cases
Jackson: 0 more deaths, 18 new cases
Buchanan: 1 more death, 17 new cases
Carroll: 0 more deaths, 17 new cases

. . .

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Howard: 1 more death, 17 new cases
Lyon: 1 more death, 17 new cases
Wright: 0 more deaths, 17 new cases
Palo Alto: 2 more deaths, 16 new cases
Grundy: 0 more deaths, 16 new cases
Appanoose: 1 more death, 15 new cases

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Cass: 1 more death, 15 new cases
Decatur: 1 more death, 15 new cases
Clay: 0 more deaths, 15 new cases
Cherokee: 0 more deaths, 14 new cases
Shelby: 0 more deaths, 14 new cases
Hardin: 1 more death, 13 new cases

. . .

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Clayton: 0 more deaths, 13 new cases
Audubon: 0 more deaths, 12 new cases
Mahaska: 0 more deaths, 12 new cases
O’Brien: 0 more deaths, 12 new cases
Jones: 0 more deaths, 11 new cases
Calhoun: 1 more death, 10 new cases

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Humboldt: 1 more death, 10 new cases
Butler: 1 more death, 9 new cases
Fremont: 0 more deaths, 9 new cases
Taylor: 0 more deaths, 9 new cases
Union: 0 more deaths, 9 new cases
Chickasaw: 0 more deaths, 8 new cases

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Keokuk: 0 more deaths, 8 new cases
Monroe: 0 more deaths, 8 new cases
Montgomery: 0 more deaths, 8 new cases
Wayne: 0 more deaths, 8 new cases
Winnebago: 0 more deaths, 8 new cases
Lucas: 3 more deaths, 7 new cases

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Hancock: 1 more death, 7 new cases
Osceola: 1 more death, 7 new cases
Davis: 0 more deaths, 7 new cases
Delaware: 0 more deaths, 7 new cases
Harrison: 0 more deaths, 7 new cases
Sac: 0 more deaths, 7 new cases

. . .

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Monona: 2 more deaths, 6 new cases
Guthrie: 0 more deaths, 6 new cases
Mills: 0 more deaths, 6 new cases
Ringgold: 0 more deaths, 6 new cases
Jefferson: 1 more death, 5 new cases

. . .

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Greene: 0 more deaths, 5 new cases
Ida: 0 more deaths, 5 new cases
Franklin: 0 more deaths, 4 new cases
Mitchell: 0 more deaths, 4 new cases
Van Buren: 0 more deaths, 4 new cases
Worth: 0 more deaths, 4 new cases

. . .

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Emmet: 0 more deaths, 3 new cases
Floyd: 0 more deaths, 2 new cases
Adams: 0 more deaths, 1 new case
Pocahontas: 1 more deaths, 0 new cases

That's all of the 77 counties. Now for the other 22 counties . . .

These are the weekly deaths and new cases reported in the 22 counties in Iowa where Gov. Reynolds took away public health measures starting later in May, 2020:

Poweshiek: 0 more deaths, 9 new cases
Tama: 1 more death, 12 new cases
Louisa: 0 more deaths, 12 new cases

. . .

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Iowa: 0 more deaths, 13 new cases
Allamakee: 0 more deaths, 14 new cases
Fayette: 1 more death, 15 new cases
Henry: 0 more deaths, 16 new cases
Bremer: 0 more deaths, 20 new cases
Washington: 2 more deaths, 34 new cases

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Des Moines: 1 more death, 45 new cases
Benton: 1 more death, 51 new cases
Marshall: 1 more death, 51 new cases
Muscatine: 1 more death, 51 new cases
Black Hawk: 9 more deaths, 82 new cases

. . .

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Dubuque: 4 more deaths, 112 new cases
Johnson: 4 more deaths, 124 new cases
Woodbury: 5 more deaths, 125 new cases
Dallas: 3 more deaths, 151 new cases

. . .

Weekly deaths and cases by county (Feb. 14-21) (cont'd):

Jasper: 0 more deaths, 153 new cases
Scott: 4 more deaths, 153 new cases
Linn: 0 more deaths, 157 new cases
Polk: 13 more deaths, 762 new cases

Use good public health measures so we can get all these numbers down to 0!

Now for more details for specific regions and groups including counties with prisons.

If you'd like more specific county data, let me know and I'll do my best to respond.

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

Iowa Great Lakes Region (new cases, new people tested, and deaths reported for the week Feb. 14-21):

Clay: 15-94-0
Dickinson: 25-100-1
Emmet: 3-50-0
Osceola: 7-29-1
Palo Alto: 16-80-2

WEEKLY TOTAL: 66 new cases (down 35), 353 new people tested (up 11), 4 deaths (same)

Iowa Lakes Region (reported by season):

Thru May 23: 0 deaths, 58 cases, 1,126 tests (5.2%)
May 23-Sept. 7: 17 deaths, 1,083 cases, 11,140 tests (9.7%)
Sept. 7-Nov. 26: 26 deaths, 3,261 cases, 10,924 tests (29.9%) Nov. 26-present: 94 deaths, 2,270 cases, 6,326 tests (35.9%)

Winnebago & neighbors (new cases, new people tested, and deaths reported for week Feb. 14-21):

Winnebago: 8-172-0
Worth: 4-109-0
Cerro Gordo: 28-927-0
Hancock: 7-214-1
Kossuth: 31-139-2

WEEKLY TOTAL: 78 new cases (down 23), 1,561 new people tested (up 1,022), 3 deaths (down 1)

Winnebago and its neighbors before and after the Forest City visit by then Vice Pres. Pence, Gov. Reynolds, and Randy Feenstra to celebrate "reopening" on June 16:

Thru 6-16: 1 death, 118 cases, 6,224 tests (1.9%)
Since 6-16: 194 deaths, 10,081 cases, 38,840 tests (26.0%)

Counties with prisons (new cases, new people tested, and deaths for week Feb. 14-21):

Calhoun: 10-55-1
Jones: 11-125-0
Lee: 39-193-4
Page: 102-297-2
Webster: 41-253-2

Henry: 16-161-0
Jasper: 153-443-0
Johnson: 124-1,296-4
Polk: 762-4,656-13

Now for Dep't of Corrections data.

Weekly Iowa Dep't of Corrections data (Feb. 12-19):

Inmates:
49 new cases (4,595 total)
48 active (down 27)
18 deaths (no change)

Staff:
5 new cases (695 total)
6 active (up 2)
2 deaths (no change)

Too many new cases!

It is good to see new cases and deaths coming down, but there were still 100 deaths reported this week, 286 new hospital admissions, and 3,475 new confirmed cases.

Together, let's stop this virus. Please help stop the spread, and tell your elected officials to help!