CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

Coronavirus update

The number of deaths from coronavirus in Iowa and the number of new positive COVID-19 tests in the state are going down.  The Iowa Department of Public Health says in the week that ended Tuesday (2/15), 87 people died with COVID-19.  Two of those deaths were in Wapello County, with one each in Mahaska, Keokuk, Jasper and Marion Counties.  Iowa’s death total from the pandemic now stands at 9349.  There were also another 1428 Iowans who tested positive for COVID-19 in the week that ended Tuesday, raising the pandemic total to 852,071.  There were 27 new positive coronavirus tests for the week in Wapello County, 15 in Jasper County, 13 in Marion County, ten in Poweshiek County, six in Mahaska County and two in Keokuk County.

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