(Glenwood) Mills County Public Health (MCPH) has received its first shipment of the Moderna vaccine and has begun administering it. MCPH began administering the first round of vaccines to front-line direct care healthcare workers.
The number of positive cases of COVID-19 decreased from 39 one week ago to 22 for the week ending December 29. Mills County’s 14-day positivity rate fell from 13.1-percent one week ago to 9.4-percent this past week and one additional death. The individual was over 80-years of age with underlying conditions and was hospitalized. This brings the total number of deaths related to COVID-19 in the County to 13.
For more information and statistical data, near real-time, visit the Iowa Coronavirus webpage at; cornonavirus.iowa.gov.