There’s been a big increase in coronavirus cases in Mahaska County.  As of Wednesday morning (8/26), 29 new cases were reported in Mahaska County—the largest one day increase in some time.  There have been 197 people in Mahaska County who have tested positive for COVID-19 with 18 deaths.

In all, 863 new coronavirus cases have been reported by the Iowa Department of Public Health.  Besides the 29 new cases in Mahaska County, 28 new cases have been reported in Marion County, 13 in Wapello County, eight in Jasper County and three in Keokuk County.

And 13 more Iowans have died from COVID-19, including two from Wapello County.  The total for the pandemic is now 1062.  313 people in the state are hospitalized with coronavirus, 18 more than Tuesday (8/25), with 102 in intensive care units—20 more than Tuesday.