Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A top public health official says a plan to create a model to forecast the coronavirus pandemic in Iowa could take weeks to complete and even then may not guide the state’s decision-making. Iowa Department of Public Health deputy director Sarah Reisetter said her agency hasn’t shared its patient data with the University of Iowa College of Public Health but plans to do so soon. A contract calls for the college to create a model within two weeks of receiving that data, or on another mutually agreed upon schedule. The contract wasn’t finalized until April 7, a month after the state’s first cases were confirmed.

TAMA, Iowa (AP) — A beef processing plant in one of Iowa’s coronavirus hot spots has suspended production after several workers have become infected. National Beef announced that its Iowa Premium plant in Tama will be idled until April 20. The company said numerous employees had contracted COVID-19 and that others were exhibiting flu-like symptoms. It’s at least the second meat processing plant in Iowa to suspend operations after workers have become infected. Tyson Foods last week idled its Columbus Junction pork plant. Tama County has been among the hardest hit by the coronavirus in Iowa, with 86 confirmed cases and two deaths

CLINTON, Iowa (AP) — Officials have named the Iowa police officer who fatally shot a man during a car chase. The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation on Monday announced officer Ryan Livesay is on paid administrative leave for the shooting. Livesay shot and killed 38-year-old Clinton resident Jacob Matthew Dau. Police say Livesay tried to pull Dau over last week but he fled. Livesay chased him into nearby Camanche and back to Clinton before shooting him. Dau later died at a hospital. The Clinton County Attorney’s Office will decide whether to charge Livesay.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Davenport nursing home said Monday that two employees and one resident have tested positive for the coronavirus.The Kahl Home said in a statement that additional employees and residents have reported symptoms but none have so far tested positive. The home said 10 residents have tested negative for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the virus. The Iowa Department of Public Health is seeking to prevent outbreaks at nursing homes, which have caused more than 10 percent of Iowa’s COVID-19 cases and a majority of the state’s 43 related deaths.