A Henry County man has been identified as one of 23 newly identified positive cases of COVID-19 in Iowa, according to a press release today from the Iowa Department of Public Health.
There have now been a total of 68 positive cases in Iowa. To date, there have been 1,049 negative tests conducted at the State Hygienic Lab.
According to IDPH, the locations and age ranges of the 23 individuals include:
• Allamakee County, 1 middle age adult (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Black Hawk County, 1 middle age adult (41-60 years), 1 elderly (81 years or older)
• Dubuque County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Fayette County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
• Henry County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
• Johnson County, 3 adults (18-40 years), 1 middle age adult (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Linn County, 2 adults (18-40 years), 1 middle age adult (41-60 years)
• Muscatine County, 1 middle age adult (41-60 years)
• Polk County, 2 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 2 older adults (61-80 years)
• Pottawattamie County, 1 middle age adult (41-60 years)
• Story County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
• Washington County, 1 middle age adult (41-60 years)
A status report of monitoring and testing of COVID19 in Iowa is provided by IDPH and can be found here: https://idph.iowa.gov/emerging-health-iss…/novel-coronavirus.
A public hotline has also been established for Iowans with questions about COVID-19. The line is available 24/7 by calling 2-1-1 or 1-800-244-7431. The state of Iowa will begin to share the number of negative tests conducted at outside labs.
Additionally, the most recent press release from the Governor's office suggests that Iowans who have recently traveled out of state should strongly consider self-isolating for 14 days.
Gov. Reynolds will hold a press conference on Sun., March 22 at 2:30 p.m. The press conference will be live-streamed and posted in full on Governor Reynolds’ Facebook Page.