DES MOINES, Iowa– The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) confirmed 88 additional positive cases of Iowans with COVID-19, for a total of 424 positive cases and 6,162 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs. Two Iowans with COVID-19 passed away last night, one elderly adult (81+ years) of Linn County and one elderly adult (81+ years) of Washington County.
According to the IDPH, the locations and age ranges of the 88 individuals include:
- Audubon County: One older adult (61-80 years).
- Benton County: One middle-aged adult (41-60 years), one older adult (61-80 years), and one elderly adult (81+ years).
- Cedar County: One older adult (61-80 years).
- Cerro Gordo County: One middle-aged adult (41-60 years).
- Clinton County: One middle-aged adult (41-60 years).
- Crawford County: One older adult (61-80 years).
- Dallas County: Three adults (18-40 years) and one middle-aged adult (41-60 years).
- Dubuque County: Three middle-aged adults (41-60 years) and two older adults (61-80 years).
- Guthrie County: One middle-aged adult (41-60 years).
- Iowa County: One older adult (61-80 years).
- Jackson County: One adult (18-40 years).
- Jasper County: One elderly adult (81+ years).
- Johnson County: Two middle-aged adults (41-60 years) and three older adults (61-80 years).
- Jones County: One adult (18-40 years).
- Linn County: Nine adults (18-40 years), eight middle-aged adults (41-60 years), six older adults (61-80 years), and six elderly adults (81+).
- Monona County: One child (0-17 years), one adult (18-40 years), and one older adult (61-80 years).
- Muscatine County: one middle-aged adult (41-60 years) and two older adults (61-80 years).
- Polk County: Two children (0-17 years), two adults (18-40 years), six middle-aged adults (41-60 years), and one older adult (61-80 years).
- Scott County: One adult (18-40 years), two middle-aged adults (41-60 years), and three older adults (61-80 years).
- Shelby County: One adult (18-40 years) and one older adult (61-80 years).
- Tama County: One adult (18-40 years).
- Van Buren County: One older adult (61-80 years).
- Washington County, One adult (18-40 years), three middle-aged adults (41-60 years), one older adult (61-80 years).
You may view a status report of monitoring and testing of COVID-19 in Iowa, provided by IDPH, here.
In addition, you may call a public hotline established for Iowans with questions about COVID-19 24/7 at 2-1-1 or 1-800-244-7431. The state of Iowa has started sharing the number of negative tests conducted at outside labs and additional information on the conditions of those infected with COVID-19.
Governor Kim Reynolds will hold a press conference today at 2:30 p.m. You may view the press conference on Reynolds’ Facebook Page.