Two people from Poweshiek County have died from coronavirus.  The two deaths reported Sunday (5/3) were both adults aged 81 or over.  This makes four deaths from COVID-19 in Poweshiek County.  14 more deaths from coronavirus were reported in Iowa over the weekend for a total of 184.

Almost 1300 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Iowa over the weekend, making it 9169 cases for the pandemic.  44 new cases were reported in Wapello County over the weekend for a county-wide total of 61.  38 new cases were reported in Jasper County, 2 in Mahaska County, 11 in Poweshiek County, two in Marion County and Monroe County reported its first coronavirus case Sunday.  Monroe County had been one of the few Iowa counties that had zero reported cases of the virus.

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