Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds today (Tuesday), updated the COVID-19 statistics. She mentioned (since the last report on Monday) there have been 102 new positive test results returned (for a total of 1,048), three new counties that have positive COVID-19 cases (Buena Vista, Delaware and Greene) for a total of 78**. There are 1,017 Negative test results, for a total of 1,670, and 1,690 test kits available in Iowa. 104 persons are hospitalized with the virus, 341 have recovered, and sadly, there was one additional death: an elderly person from Benton County. The death toll in Iowa now stands at 26.
Governor Reynolds said 11% of the positive COVID-19 cases are in long-term care facilities. **PLEASE NOTE: These are NEW cases and do not reflect previously announced individual county cases that are positive**
Area, County-by-County breakdown of confirmed (Positive) COVID-19 cases (This is as of 11-a.m. today, 4/7/20):
Harrison – 10
Shelby – 6
Pottawattamie – 9
Page – 3
Audubon, Guthrie, Dallas, Adair, Madison, Mills, Montgomery and Taylor Counties, all have 1 confirmed case of COVID-19.