About one in five people tested in Iowa during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. on Monday were positive for COVID-19. The Iowa Department of Public Health reported another 460 Iowans tested positive for the virus from 10 a.m. on Sunday to 10 a.m. on Monday. During this same period, there were only 2,321 […]
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More than 35,000 Iowans have now tested positive for COVID-19
More than 35,000 Iowans have now tested positive for COVID-19. During the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. on Sunday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 503 new cases of the virus, bringing the state’s total to 35,002. The department also reported another death, increasing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 749. Johnson County […]
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743 more Iowans test positive for COVID-19
For the second day in a row, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported more than 700 news cases of COVID-19. According to the department, 743 Iowans tested positive for the virus during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Saturday morning’s total is the third-highest one-day number of new cases Iowa has […]
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COVID-19: Iowa has its highest one-day increase in cases since May, the surge in Johnson County continues
Iowa saw its second-highest daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Friday, as the Iowa Department of Public Health reported another 744 Iowans had tested positive for the virus during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. Only the daily total on May 2 of 757 exceeded the number of new cases reported on Friday. Part […]
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COVID-19: Johnson County reports 17 new cases, new online tool estimates risk of infection at public gatherings
Another 17 Johnson County residents tested positive for COVID-19 between 10 a.m. on Wednesday and 10 a.m. on Thursday, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health. Those new cases bring the county’s total number of residents who have tested positive to 1,369 and extend the number of consecutive days it has seen double-digit increases […]
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Nearly half of Johnson County’s total number of COVID-19 cases have been reported during the current surge
The surge in new cases of COVID-19 in Johnson County continued on Monday, as the Iowa Department of Public Health reported another 26 residents of the county tested positive during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. The new cases mean the county has experienced double-digit increases in confirmed cases of the virus for 20 […]
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Johnson County had 250 new cases of COVID-19 in the last seven days
Since March 30, the Iowa Department of Public Health had reported a higher number of total cases of COVID-19 in Linn County than Johnson County. That changed on Sunday, as IDPH confirmed another 27 residents of Johnson County had tested positive for the virus. The new cases bring Johnson County’s total to 1,278, and extend […]
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COVID-19: Johnson County surge continues, mayor of Muscatine says she will issue a mandatory face mask order
The surge of new COVID-19 cases in Johnson County that began on June 17 continues, as the Iowa Department of Public Health reported another 17 of the county’s residents tested positive for the virus during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. Saturday. The county has seen 18 consecutive days of double-digit increases in cases. […]
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Johnson County has 17th straight day of double-digit increases in COVID-19 cases
Johnson County had its 17th consecutive day of double-digit increases in the number of new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, as the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 15 more residents had tested positive during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. That increase occurred despite the number of tests reported in the county reaching […]
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Iowa reports 676 new cases of COVID-19, the biggest one-day increase in almost a month
On Thursday, Iowa saw its biggest one-day increase in the number of COVID-19 cases since June 4. As of 10 a.m., the Iowa Department of Public Health was reporting another 676 Iowans had tested positive for the virus during the previous 24 hours. That is the fourth-highest one-day total the state has had since COVID-19 […]
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Hiking Kent Park, home to prairies, ponds and picturesque views
F.W. Kent Park in Oxford is one of eastern Iowa’s most picturesque and diverse parks — 1,052 square acres of forest, lakes and prairie and an ideal spot for hiking, camping, picnicking, birdwatching and (in non-pandemic times) letting your kids loose on the park’s playground or at a youth summer camp. Kent Park’s most popular […]
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Another 39 Johnson County residents test positive for COVID-19
The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 349 more Iowans had tested positive for COVID-19 during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Johnson County residents made up 11 percent of that total. The 39 confirmed cases reported in Johnson County on Wednesday mark the 15th consecutive day the county has seen a […]
