DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 122 additional positive cases (as of April 11th), for a total of 1,510 positive cases. There have been an additional 1,057 negative tests for a total of 15,622 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs.

According to IDPH, an additional 3 deaths were also reported.

• Crawford County, older adult (61-80 years)
• Johnson County, elderly adult (81+)
• Madison County, older adult (61-80 years)

According to IDPH, the locations and age ranges of the 122 individuals (NEW CASES) include:

• Allamakee County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Benton County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Black Hawk County, 3 adults (18-40 years), 3 older adults (61-80 years)
• Bremer County, 1 elderly adult (81+)
• Buena Vista County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Clayton County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
• Clinton County, 4 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Dallas County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Delaware County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Henry County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Jefferson County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Johnson County, 7 adults (18-40 years), 2 middle-age adults (41-60 years)
• Linn County, 2 adults (18-40 years), 3 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 4 older adults (61-80 years), 1 elderly adult (81+)
• Louisa County, 4 adults (18-40 years), 9 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Madison County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Marion County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
• Marshall County, 7 adults (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Muscatine County, 8 adults (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 2 older adults (61-80 years)
• Polk County, 9 adults (18-40 years), 2 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 5 older adults (61-80 years)
• Scott County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 5 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 6 older adults (61-80 years)
• Tama County, 3 adults (18-40 years), 3 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Wapello County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Washington County, 2 adults (18-40 years), 6 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Woodbury County, 3 middle-age adults (41-60 years)

A status report of monitoring and testing of COVID19 in Iowa is provided by IDPH and can be found here. In addition, a public hotline has been established for Iowans with questions about COVID-19. The line is available 24/7 by calling 2-1-1 or 1-800-244-7431. The state of Iowa has started sharing the number of negative tests conducted at outside labs, and is providing additional information on the conditions of those infected with COVID-19.

An airplane made a crash landing into a pasture early Friday afternoon in Fremont County, but there were no injuries reported. According to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Department, authorities were notified about the accident at around 12:40-p.m.  The aircraft sustained substantial front-end and wing damage when it crashed about four-miles north of Sidney.

Photo’s courtesy the Fremont County (IA) Sheriff’s Office.

Officials say the couple that were on-board the plane are from the St. Louis area. The pilot reported that there was a mechanical problem before the plane crash landed. The FAA is handling the accident investigation.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s office was assisted at the scene by Sidney Fire and Rescue.

Nick Johnson, Public Information Officer (PIO) for the Mills County Emergency Management Agency, said Friday, that on Thursday, April 9th, Mills County officials received notification through Iowa Homeland Security Emergency Management Division (HSEMD) that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had approved Mills County’s application through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP).

The approval is the next step in the buyout process for those individuals in the unincorporated area of Mills County that were affected by the 2019 flood.Property owners that signed up and were included in the application will be notified in the coming weeks by the Mills County Auditor’s Office.

Johnson says “As we enter into the next step of the process, property owners should anticipate a thirty to forty-five day time frame to receive an official offer to purchase.”

CORALVILLE – The Iowa Dept. of Corrections reports officials were informed Friday by a Correction Officer at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center, that their results from a COVID-19 test came back positive.  The department has implemented pre-established action steps and procedures for identifying COVID-19 contacts with staff and offenders and quarantining those exposed. The department is taking every appropriate measure to ensure that the impact on staff and inmates can be mitigated as much as possible.

The “adult” officer (age 18-40) began experiencing symptoms between Wednesday, April 8 and Thursday, April 9, and consulted with their medical provider who told them to take a test for COVID-19. The last day they were at work was Wednesday, April 8, which is when symptoms began to be present.

The officer is currently at home recovering. The department posts regular updates, as well as other information such as the steps the department has been taking to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on at doc.iowa.gov/covid19.

At this point, the department has not had any inmates test positive for COVID-19.

In a statement released late Friday evening, Mills County Public Health officials said they were notified a second case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Mills County. The person is a female, between the ages of 41-60, and is self-isolating. Mills County Public Health is conducting contact tracing investigation for this case to identify close contacts who should monitor their health symptoms and self-isolate. There is no additional general public guidance that would result from providing more information about the specific case.

Iowa Code states, “A report or other information provided to or maintained by the department, a local board, or a local department, which identifies a person infected with or exposed to a reportable or other disease or health condition, is confidential and shall not be accessible to the public.” ALL residents are urged to stay home as much as possible, stay away from groups of people and maintain a 6-foot distance from other individuals.

Officials say “This is needed by everyone, regardless of a confirmed case, because we know there is community spread of COVID-19 throughout the country and Iowa. We remind all residents to continue to practice social distancing, wash your hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or elbow/upper arm and stay at home when you are ill.”

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Sioux City Journal) — A Nebraska man who intentionally rammed an Iowa police officer’s car has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Thirty-year-old Douglas St. Cyr, of Winnebago, Nebraska, was sentenced Friday for his actions in July in Sioux City. Prosectors say officers were trying to arrest St. Cyr on an outstanding warrant and had his car boxed in, when he intentionally rammed into the undercover officer’s car. The officer fired one shot at St. Cyr’s car. Cyr, who was not hit, tried to flee on foot but was arrested. He was found guilty last month of assault on a police officer and three other counts.