Coronavirus update 4-15-2020
Apr 15, 2020
Four more Iowans have died from coronavirus. The Iowa Department of Public health says as of Wednesday (4/15), 53 Iowans have died from the virus. Another 96 new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed, for…
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