Iowa had its worst day for new COVID-19 cases on Friday, with the Iowa Department of Public Health reporting 5,065 more confirmed cases of the virus during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. The new cases included 141 residents of Johnson County and 356 residents of Linn County. The previous one-day record for new […]
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COVID-19: Iowa has another day of more than 4,000 new cases; Gov. Reynolds defends her record fighting the virus
Iowa had its sixth consecutive day with more than 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. During the 24-period ending at 10 a.m., the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 4,337 more confirmed cases of the virus in the state. Among those new cases were 164 residents of Johnson County and 375 residents of Linn […]
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Iowa sees a record number of positive tests as White House Coronavirus Task Force warns of ‘unyielding COVID spread’
Iowa set a record for new COVID-19 cases in a single day on Wednesday, as the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 4,764 more cases of the virus during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. The previous record of 4,562 new cases in a single day was set last Thursday. The new cases on […]
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As COVID cases surge, Gov. Reynolds introduces minor new restrictions and pledges to keep Iowa ‘open for business’
On Tuesday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 4,441 people statewide tested positive for COVID-19 during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. The department has reported more than 4,000 new cases on five of the last six days. The new cases on Tuesday included 219 residents of Johnson County and 424 residents of […]
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COVID-19: Iowa has more than 1,000 hospitalized patients, Linn County sets a new one-day record and the outbreak in Iowa prisons gets worse
It took Iowa 226 days to reach 500 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, but it only took 20 days to go from 500 to 1,000 patients. On Monday morning, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 1,034 COVID-19 patients in the state’s hospitals. A total of 184 of those patients were being treated in intensive care units. […]
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One day after having 800 hospitalized COVID-19 patients for the first time, Iowa has more than 900
For the 12th day in a row, Iowa set a new record for the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, with the Iowa Department of Public Health reporting 912 patients on Friday morning, an increase of 73 from Thursday morning’s total of 839. One hundred and sixty-four of the 912 patients are being treated in intensive […]
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COVID-19: Iowa has its worst day for new cases yet. Gov. Reynolds says Iowans just need to be reminded to do the right thing.
Iowa recorded its highest ever one-day total of new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, when the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 4,562 Iowans had tested positive for the virus during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. That is a 71 percent increase over the previous one-day high of 2,887 new cases set four days […]
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COVID-19: Iowa ranks sixth in the country for new cases and 13th for deaths, sets more records for hospitalizations
For the 10th day in row, Iowa has set a new record for the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. On Wednesday morning, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 777 confirmed cases of the virus among Iowa hospital patients, a substantial jump from the 730 patients IDPH reported the previous day. The number of those […]
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COVID-19: Hospitalizations jumped from 600 to 700 in four days; 1,733 Iowans have died since March
Iowa set a new record for the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients for the eighth day in a row with more than 700 patients hospitalized for the first time. The Iowa Department of Public Health was reporting 718 hospitalizations on Monday morning, an increase from Sunday’s record-setting total of 676 hospitalizations. The state surpassed 700 […]
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Mike Pence praises Gov. Reynolds’ leadership on COVID-19 as the state and Linn County set new COVID-19 records
Five days before the election, Vice President Mike Pence landed at the Des Moines International Airport long enough to give a 45-minute speech to a crowd of supporters, encouraging them to vote for President Trump, Sen. Joni Ernst and other Republican candidates. About 30 minutes into his speech on Thursday, Pence reminded the people gathered […]
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White House Coronavirus Task Force: ‘All indicators of community spread are increasing’ in Iowa
Iowa continues to be in the red zone for the rate of new cases of COVID-19, according to the most recent report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force. The report, sent to the states on Sunday, was obtained by ABC News, which published it on Wednesday. Iowa ranked 10th among all the states in […]
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Gov. Reynolds skips another COVID-19 news conference as hospitalizations hit record highs once again
For the 10th time this month, Iowa set a new record for the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, as the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 564 patients on Tuesday morning. That is an increase of three infected people from the previous record of 561 patients that was set on Sunday evening. Hospital officials and […]
