The number of positive tests for coronavirus keeps rising in Iowa.  As of late Monday morning (7/13), the Iowa Department of Public Health says 496 people in the state have tested positive for COVID-19.  That puts the total for the pandemic to 35,502.  Four new cases have been reported in Jasper County and one each in Poweshiek and Marion Counties.

And another four Iowa residents have died from coronavirus for a total of 753.  177 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID-19 and 54 people are in intensive care units with the virus.  Both figures are the same as Sunday (7/12).