OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Almost 100 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Iowa, along with one additional death.
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported on Wednesday that 97 additional positive cases of COVID-19 had been reported in the state, for a total of 1,145 positive cases.
A Linn County resident (age 81+) was also reported to have died, bringing the number of coronavirus deaths in the state to 27.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds addressed the state’s response to coronavirus in her daily news conference.
Reynolds said cases are expected to peak at the end of April.
“We are preparing for the worst but I am somewhat optimistic we still haven't peaked yet,” she said. “We're anticipating that at the end of this month. But again, only 10% are hospitalized right now. That's a fairly good number. The number that gives us a lot of hope is that the 38% of all positive cases have recovered.”
Reynolds said, over and over the last 7-9 days, they’ve seen the positive cases flatten out a bit and said that has been the goal all along.
According to IDPH, the locations and age ranges of the 97 new cases include:
- Allamakee County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Benton County, 1 child (0-17 years)
- Black Hawk County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 3 middle-age adults (41-60 years)
- Cedar County, 3 adults (18-40 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Clinton County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
- Crawford County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
- Harrison County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
- Henry County, 2 adults (18-40 years)
- Johnson County, 10 adults (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 2 older adult (61-80 years)
- Linn County, 1 child (0-17 years), 4 adults (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 3 older adults (61-80 years), 2 elderly adults (81+)
- Louisa County, 4 adults (18-40 years), 5 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Marshall County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
- Muscatine County, 4 adults (18-40 years), 5 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Polk County, 2 adults (18-40 years), 4 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Pottawattamie County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Scott County, 4 adults (18-40 years), 7 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Tama County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 2 older adults (61-80 years)
- Warren County, 1 elderly adult (81+)
- Washington County, 3 adults (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Webster County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
- Woodbury County, 2 middle-age adults (41-60 years)
- Worth County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
There have been an additional 1,151 negative tests for a total of 12,821 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs.
