Two more north-central Iowa deaths from COVID-19 — 54% of COVID-19 cases in area reported this month

DES MOINES — Two more north-central Iowans are dead from COVID-19.

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health’s website in the 24-hour period leading up to 11 o’clock this morning, one more death was reported in Cerro Gordo County with another in Franklin County. That brings the area’s death toll to 28 — 17 in Cerro Gordo; four in Franklin; two each in Butler, Floyd and Hancock; and one in Wright.

38 more cases were reported in the same 24-hour time period — 11 in Franklin; eight in Cerro Gordo; six in Wright; four each in Floyd and Worth; two each in Butler and Kossuth; and one in Hancock — to bring the area’s total since the start of the pandemic to 1775. 964 of those 1775 cases have been reported in the month of July, or 54.3%.

41 more people in the area have recovered to bring the total to 1089, or 61.4%.

Looking at the state numbers in the same 24-hour period: 15 more deaths were reported to bring the total to 854; 582 more cases were reported to bring the total to 43,778; 545 more recoveries have been reported to bring the total to 31,741, or 72.5%. 

 

Deaths New
Cerro Gordo 17 1
Butler 2
Floyd 2
Franklin 4 1
Hancock 2
Kossuth
Mitchell
Winnebago
Worth
Wright 1
Area Total 28

 

 

 

Confirmed Cases New Cases
Cerro Gordo 562 8
Butler 102 2
Floyd 101 4
Franklin 190 11
Hancock 107 1
Kossuth 75 2
Mitchell 76
Winnebago 69
Worth 56 4
Wright 437 6
Area Total 1775 38

 

 

July case count Cases before July 1 New since July 1 % since July 1
Cerro Gordo 102 460 81.85
Butler 47 55 53.92
Floyd 66 35 34.65
Franklin 77 113 59.47
Hancock 47 60 56.07
Kossuth 32 43 57.33
Mitchell 29 47 61.84
Winnebago 26 43 62.31
Worth 15 41 73.21
Wright 370 67 15.33
Area Total 811 964 54.31

 

 

Recovered New Recovered
Total % Recovered
Cerro Gordo 213 18 37.9
Butler 83 2 81.38
Floyd 73 3 72.27
Franklin 103 4 54.21
Hancock 82 5 76.63
Kossuth 34 1 45.33
Mitchell 65 85.52
Winnebago 32 2 46.37
Worth 21 3 37.5
Wright 383 3 87.6
Area Total 1089 41 61.35