I ACTUALLY JUST HEARD THAT AND I SAID, OH MY GOSH. CONGRATULATIONS WARREN COUNTY WHAT TIFFANY ROADS HEARD IS THAT WARREN COUNTIES COVID-19 POSITIVITY RATE IS JUST TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT THE LOWEST IN IOWA. WE CAUGHT UP WITH HER AT HER FAMILY’S CRIMSON ANCHOR COFFEE SHOP ON THE INDIANOLA SQUARE. SHE SAYS SHE’S SEEING PLENTY OF MASKS WHEN PEOPLE CAN’T SOCIAL DISTANCE. I ENJOY THAT EVERYBODY IS WORKING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO HE SAYS THAT INCLUDES HER KIDS WHO GO TO INDIANOLA SCHOOLS EARLY ON THE DISTRICT HAD SOME BUMPS IN AUGUST OUTBREAKS, LET IT TO MOVE A FIRST-GRADE CLASS AND THE ENTIRE SIXTH GRADE ONLINE, BUT IT HASN’T HAD TO TAKE SUCH ACTION SINCE THAT REALLY TOLD OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS IS WHAT COULD HAPPEN. AND THIS IS HOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN’T SO THEY IT WAS A RUDE AWAKENING FOR SURE THE DISTRICT’S USING A HYBRID PLAN SOCIAL DISTANCING WHEN POSSIBLE PREACHING FREQUENT HAND-WASHING AND REQUIRING MASS FOR FOR STUDENTS GRADES 6 THROUGH 12 AND STAFF. IT’S ENCOURAGING YOUNGER STUDENTS TO MASK UP. WE HAVEN’T HAD MUCH PUSHBACK AT ALL. I DON’T KNOW THAT THERE REALLY IS A SECRET ANSWER TO IT, BUT IT’S JUST AGAIN, I THINK REALLY BEING OPEN HAVING THAT COMMUNICATION ENCOURAGING THOSE STRATEGIES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR. KATE OWNER SAYS WARREN COUNTIES ENCOURAGE TESTING. WE LOOKED AT DPH DATA IT HAD A RECORD 311 TESTS ON MONDAY WHILE NO ONE KNOWS THE FUTURE PLANNING AND PREDICTING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TURNS OUT THE COUNTY WIT THE SECOND LOWEST POSITIVITY RATE IS ALSO HERE IN CENTRAL IOWA. THAT’S MARSHALL COUNTY AT TWO POINT NINE PERCENT. AND OF COURSE MARSHAL
16 Iowa counties report high coronavirus positivity rate
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Updated: 9:58 AM CDT Sep 26, 2020
More Iowa counties are showing a high coronavirus positivity rate as the state reported another 992 new COVID-19 cases and eight additional deaths Saturday.As of 10 a.m. Saturday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 85,425 total positive coronavirus cases, 65,440 total recoveries and 1,311 total deaths since the pandemic began. As of 10 a.m. Friday, IDPH had reported 84,433 total positive cases and 1,303 total deaths.IDPH data shows 771,758 Iowans have been tested for the virus. There were 6,376 lab test results received by the state in the previous day, with 694 positive cases. Iowa reports a 9.3% positivity rate over the last 14 days.There are 16 Iowa counties reporting a positivity rate greater than 15% over the last 14 days, up from 15 the previous day. Public schools in Sioux, Lyon, Osceola, Henry, Audubon, Crawford, Sac, Plymouth, Fremont, Delaware, Dubuque, Woodbury, Palo Alto, O’Brien, Cherokee and Ida counties can apply for a waiver to provider 100% virtual learning. Sioux, Lyon, Osceola, Henry, Audubon and Crawford counties report a positivity rate greater than 20%. The positivity rate continues to climb in Sioux County, with a 32.5% rate.The Iowa Department of Public Health said it is updating COVID-19 antigen test results reported on coronavirus.iowa.gov to include nearly 27,000 tests from long-term care facilities conducting surveillance testing as required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.“Results will be uploaded to the reporting system over the weekend, which will increase the number of individual test results and the number of antigen tests currently reported on the state’s website,” the department said in a news release. “Of the nearly 27,000 antigen test results included in the update, approximately 300 tests are positive, a positivity rate of 1.1%.”The state reports coronavirus outbreaks in 50 long-term care facilities, unchanged from the previous day. There are 1,046 positive cases and 640 recoveries within those facilities. IDPH reports 684 deaths within Iowa’s long-term care facilities, accounting for more than half of the state’s COVID-19 deaths.IDPH data continues to show an increase in coronavirus hospitalizations. There are currently 334 hospitalized with COVID-10, up from 330 the previous day and up from 269 on September 19. There are 84 patients listed in intensive care, down from 87 the previous day. There are 29 patients on ventilators, down from 35 the previous day. There were 57 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, down from 69 the previous day. IDPH reported approximately 2,870 inpatient beds available, with 410 ICU beds and 758 ventilators available.The Iowa Department of Public Health reports coronavirus statistics in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a summary of the last 24 hours of data each day at 10 a.m.
DES MOINES, Iowa — More Iowa counties are showing a high coronavirus positivity rate as the state reported another 992 new COVID-19 cases and eight additional deaths Saturday.
As of 10 a.m. Saturday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 85,425 total positive coronavirus cases, 65,440 total recoveries and 1,311 total deaths since the pandemic began. As of 10 a.m. Friday, IDPH had reported 84,433 total positive cases and 1,303 total deaths.
IDPH data shows 771,758 Iowans have been tested for the virus. There were 6,376 lab test results received by the state in the previous day, with 694 positive cases. Iowa reports a 9.3% positivity rate over the last 14 days.
There are 16 Iowa counties reporting a positivity rate greater than 15% over the last 14 days, up from 15 the previous day. Public schools in Sioux, Lyon, Osceola, Henry, Audubon, Crawford, Sac, Plymouth, Fremont, Delaware, Dubuque, Woodbury, Palo Alto, O’Brien, Cherokee and Ida counties can apply for a waiver to provider 100% virtual learning. Sioux, Lyon, Osceola, Henry, Audubon and Crawford counties report a positivity rate greater than 20%. The positivity rate continues to climb in Sioux County, with a 32.5% rate.
The Iowa Department of Public Health said it is updating COVID-19 antigen test results reported on coronavirus.iowa.gov to include nearly 27,000 tests from long-term care facilities conducting surveillance testing as required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
“Results will be uploaded to the reporting system over the weekend, which will increase the number of individual test results and the number of antigen tests currently reported on the state’s website,” the department said in a news release. “Of the nearly 27,000 antigen test results included in the update, approximately 300 tests are positive, a positivity rate of 1.1%.”
The state reports coronavirus outbreaks in 50 long-term care facilities, unchanged from the previous day. There are 1,046 positive cases and 640 recoveries within those facilities. IDPH reports 684 deaths within Iowa’s long-term care facilities, accounting for more than half of the state’s COVID-19 deaths.
IDPH data continues to show an increase in coronavirus hospitalizations. There are currently 334 hospitalized with COVID-10, up from 330 the previous day and up from 269 on September 19. There are 84 patients listed in intensive care, down from 87 the previous day. There are 29 patients on ventilators, down from 35 the previous day. There were 57 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, down from 69 the previous day. IDPH reported approximately 2,870 inpatient beds available, with 410 ICU beds and 758 ventilators available.
The Iowa Department of Public Health reports coronavirus statistics in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a summary of the last 24 hours of data each day at 10 a.m.
