DES MOINES, Iowa–The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) confirmed 64 additional positive cases of Iowans with COVID-19, for a total of 298 positive cases (a previously identified positive case in Black Hawk County does not live in Iowa and 4,375 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs.
According to IDPH, the locations and age ranges of the 64 individuals include:
- Benton County: One adult (18-40 years).
- Boone County: One adult (18-40 years).
- Buchanan County: One older adult (61-80 years).
- Cedar County: One middle-age adult (41-60 years).
- Cerro Gordo County: One middle-age adult (41-60 years).
- Dallas County: Four adults (18-40 years) and two middle-aged adults (41-60 years).
- Dubuque County: One middle-aged adult (41-60 years), two older adults (61-80 years), and one elderly adult (81+).
- Fayette County: One adult (18-40 years).
- Harrison County: One middle-aged adult (41-60 years).
- Jasper County: One adult (18-40 years).
- Johnson County: One adult (18-40 years), one middle-aged adult (41-60 years), and one older adult (61-80 years).
- Keokuk County: One adult (18-40 years).
- Linn County: Six adults (18-40 years), five middle-aged adults (41-60 years), and three older adults (61-80 years).
- Marshall County: One adult (18-40 years) and three middle-aged adults (41-60 years).
- Muscatine County: One adult (18-40 years) and two middle-aged adults (41-60 years).
- Polk County: Four adults (18-40 years), four middle-aged adults (41-60 years), three older adults (61-80 years), and one elderly adult (81+ years).
- Poweshiek County: One adult (18-40 years).
- Scott County: Two adults (18-40 years) and one middle-age adult (41-60 years).
- Shelby County: One older adult (61-80 years).
- Tama County: Two adults (18-40 years) and One middle-age adult (41-60 years).
- Taylor County: One adult (18-40 years).
You may view a status report of monitoring and testing of COVID19 in Iowa, provided by IDPH, here.
Additionally, 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 Sunday at 2:30 p.m. You may view the press conference on Reynolds’ Facebook Page.
