Seven more local COVID-19 cases

DES MOINES — Seven more north-central Iowans have been diagnosed with COVID-19. In the 24-hour period ending at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning, four more cases were identified in Butler County; with single cases confirmed in Cerro Gordo, Kossuth and Wright. One case was removed from Hancock County’s total and reassigned to another county.

That brings the immediate listening area’s total of lab-confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 516 —- 292 in Wright; 50 in Franklin; 49 in Cerro Gordo; 31 in Hancock; 27 in Butler; 21 in Floyd; 20 in Kossuth; 13 in Winnebago; eight in Mitchell and five in Worth. Two more north-central Iowans have recovered, both in Franklin County, for a total of 228.

Looking at the state numbers in the same 24-hour period, seven more deaths were reported for a total now of 670. 215 new cases have been diagnosed for a total of 24,380. 265 more people have recovered for a total of 15,126.

	Confirmed Cases	New Cases
Cerro Gordo	49	1
Butler	27	4
Floyd	21
Franklin	50
Hancock	31	(1 case reassigned)
Kossuth	20	1
Mitchell	8
Winnebago	13
Worth	5
Wright	292	1
Area Total	516	6

 

	Recovered	New Recovered
Cerro Gordo	26
Butler	14
Floyd	17
Franklin	14	2
Hancock	19
Kossuth	12
Mitchell	4
Winnebago	11
Worth	3
Wright	108
Area Total	228	2

 

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