(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 38 additional positive cases of Iowans with COVID-19, for a total of 336 positive cases. There have been a total of 5,013 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs.
According to IDPH, one Iowan with COVID-19 passed away last night, an older adult (61-80 years) from Linn County.
The locations and age ranges of the 38 individuals include:
- Cedar County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Cerro Gordo County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 middle-aged adult (41-60 years)
- Dallas County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Dubuque County, 1 child (0-17 years), 2 middle-aged adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Henry County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Iowa County, 1 middle-aged adult (41-60 years)
- Jasper County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Johnson County, 2 adults (18-40), 2 middle-aged adults (41-60 years)
- Linn County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 3 middle-aged adults (41-60 years), 2 older adults (61-80 years)
- Marshall County, 1 middle-aged adult (41-60 years)
- Polk County, 2 adults (18-40 years), 2 middle-aged adults (41-60 years) 5 older adults (61-80 years),1 elderly adult (81+)
- Tama County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
- Washington County, 1 middle-aged adult (41-60 years), 1 elderly adult (81+)
- Winneshiek County 1 middle-aged adult (41-60 years)
- Woodbury County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
A status report of monitoring and testing of COVID19 in Iowa is provided by IDPH and can be found here. In addition, a public hotline has been established for Iowans with questions about COVID-19. The line is available 24/7 by calling 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 is providing additional information on the conditions of those infected with COVID-19.
Gov. Reynolds will hold a press conference today at 2:30 p.m. The press conference will be live-streamed and posted in full on Governor Reynolds’ Facebook Page.
*Note the map doesn’t include the positive case reported Sunday afternoon in Crawford County, or any other county reporting on Sunday. Those cases will be added to the list on Monday.
