29 more local cases of COVID-19

DES MOINES — 29 more cases of COVID-19 have been identified in our immediate listening area with 461 total statewide in the 24-hour period ending at 11 o’clock this morning.

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health’s coronavirus statistics website, 12 more cases have been reported in Wright County; six more in Cerro Gordo; four more in Kossuth; three more in Winnebago; two more in Hancock; and single cases in Butler and Franklin.

That brings the area’s total of lab-confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 683 — 353 in Wright; 68 in Cerro Gordo; 67 in Franklin; 50 in Floyd; 40 in Hancock; 37 in Butler; 31 in Kossuth; 20 in Winnebago; nine in Mitchell; and eight in Worth.

Seven more people in the area have recovered — two each in Cerro Gordo, Butler and Wright and one in Floyd — to bring the area’s total to 310.

Looking at the statewide numbers in the same time period — 461 more cases have been reported for a total of 27,062; four more people have died to make the total 694; 162 more people have recovered for a total of 16,926.

 

	Confirmed Cases	New Cases
Cerro Gordo	68	6
Butler	37	1
Floyd	50
Franklin	67	1
Hancock	40	2
Kossuth	31	4
Mitchell	9
Winnebago	20	3
Worth	8
Wright	353	12
Area Total	683	29

 

	Recovered	New Recovered
Cerro Gordo	30	2
Butler	27	2
Floyd	22	1
Franklin	26
Hancock	27
Kossuth	14
Mitchell	5
Winnebago	12
Worth	5
Wright	142	2
Area Total	310	7

 

 

	Deaths
Cerro Gordo	1
Butler	2
Floyd	1
Franklin
Hancock
Kossuth
Mitchell
Winnebago
Worth
Wright
Area Total	4