Active COVID case count in north-central Iowa drops below 2000 for first time since early November

MASON CITY — For the first time since November, the number of active COVID-19 cases in north-central Iowa has dropped below the 2000 mark.

There were 1965 active cases in the 10-county listening area as of 11 o’clock Sunday morning. The last time there were fewer than 2000 cases was on November 5th, when there were 1890 active cases.

There were 487 active cases in Cerro Gordo County as of Sunday, down from 549 on Friday.

In the 48-hour period between midday Friday and midday Sunday, one new death was reported in north-central Iowa in Butler County, bringing the county’s total to 23 and the area’s total during the pandemic to 271.

80 new cases were reported in the listening area in that same time period while 210 more recoveries were reported.

 

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4361	8
Butler	1298	9
Floyd	1291	8
Franklin	922	14
Hancock	1189	6
Kossuth	1566	7
Mitchell	1057	9
Winnebago	1108	4
Worth	534	6
Wright	1539	9
Area Total	14865	80

 

 

Active Cases	1/3/21	1/1/21	12/1/20	11/1/20
	Sunday	Last Friday	December 1st	November 1st
Cerro Gordo	487	549	1807	477
Butler	172	175	517	82
Floyd	121	130	550	60
Franklin	140	133	305	42
Hancock	222	235	408	134
Kossuth	242	269	535	176
Mitchell	166	173	447	119
Winnebago	116	123	359	192
Worth	126	126	118	46
Wright	173	183	410	182
Area Total	1965	2096	5526	1510

 

 

Recovered	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	3812	70
Butler	1103	11
Floyd	1136	17
Franklin	765	7
Hancock	943	19
Kossuth	1292	34
Mitchell	861	16
Winnebago	964	11
Worth	405	6
Wright	1348	19
Area Total	12629	210

 

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	62	51	11
Butler	23	20	3	1
Floyd	34	26	8
Franklin	17	16	1
Hancock	24	19	5
Kossuth	32	31	1
Mitchell	30	30	0
Winnebago	28	23	5
Worth	3	2	1
Wright	18	16	2
Area Total	271	234	37	1