Ten more COVID-19 cases in our listening area

DES MOINES — Ten more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in north-central Iowa in the 24-hour time period leading up to 11 o’clock this morning.

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health’s coronavirus reporting website, seven more cases were reported in Floyd County while single cases were reported in Hancock, Kossuth and Wright. Two cases were removed from Franklin County’s total and reassigned to other counties.

That brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in our listening area since the start of the pandemic to 654 — 341 in Wright; 66 in Franklin; 62 in Cerro Gordo; 50 in Floyd; 38 in Hancock; 36 in Butler; 27 in Kossuth; 17 in Winnebago; nine in Mitchell and eight in Worth.

Six more people were listed as recovered — two each in Hancock and Wright, with single cases in Floyd and Kossuth — to bring the area total to 303.

Looking at the statewide numbers in the same 24-hour period: two more people died for a total now of 690; 255 more cases were identified for a total of 26,601; 341 more people have recovered for a total of 16,764.

 

	Confirmed Cases	New Cases
Cerro Gordo	62
Butler	36
Floyd	50	7
Franklin	66	(2 moved to another county)
Hancock	38	1
Kossuth	27	1
Mitchell	9
Winnebago	17
Worth	8
Wright	341	1
Area Total	654	10

 

	Recovered	New Recovered
Cerro Gordo	28
Butler	25
Floyd	21	1
Franklin	26
Hancock	27	2
Kossuth	14	1
Mitchell	5
Winnebago	12
Worth	5
Wright	140	2
Area Total	303	6

 

 

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