Coronavirus update 4-17-2020
Apr 17, 2020
Here are the latest figures on coronavirus. According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, four more people have died from coronavirus, bringing the state’s total from the pandemic, as of Friday (4/17), to 64.…
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