COVID-19 cases in our listening area hit a total of 500 since the pandemic started

DES MOINES — 20 more cases of COVID-19 have been identified in our listening area, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases since the pandemic started to 500.

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health’s coronavirus website, in the 24-hour time period ending at 11 o’clock this morning, Wright County saw seven more cases; Franklin five; three in Hancock; two in Cerro Gordo; and single cases in Butler, Kossuth and Mitchell counties.

Looking at the county-by-county totals since the start of the pandemic — 292 cases have been confirmed in Wright; 49 in Franklin; 44 in Cerro Gordo; 30 in Hancock; 23 in Butler; 20 in Floyd; 18 in Kossuth; 12 in Winnebago; eight in Mitchell; and four in Worth.

Four more people in our area have recovered, all from Wright County, for a total of 215.

Looking statewide, 167 more cases have been reported for a total of 23,879. Two more people have died for a total of 653. 80 more have recovered for a total of 14,461.

 

	Confirmed Cases	New Cases
Cerro Gordo	44	2
Butler	23	1
Floyd	20
Franklin	49	5
Hancock	30	3
Kossuth	18	1
Mitchell	8	1
Winnebago	12
Worth	4
Wright	292	7
Area Total	500	20

 

 

	Recovered	New Recovered
Cerro Gordo	24
Butler	13
Floyd	17
Franklin	12
Hancock	17
Kossuth	9
Mitchell	4
Winnebago	11
Worth	3
Wright	105	4
Area Total	215	4