(Update 3:45-p.m./A-P) :Iowa has reported another 786 confirmed coronavirus cases to push its total for the pandemic past 31,000. The state Department of Public Health said Saturday that one in every 102 Iowa residents has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, while one in every 11 has tested negative. The total of confirmed positive cases was 31,141 as of Saturday afternoon, and the daily increase was 2.6%. The department reported one additional COVID-19 related death, bringing the total to 721. The agency’s data indicates positive case numbers had been in decline since early May but began a slow climb again around mid-June.

In Cass County, the State’s dashboard shows another positive case of COVID-19, for a total of 22. Of those, 18 have recovered. Elsewhere, here are the latest number of positive COVID-19 test results and the number of people who have recovered:

• Adair County: 15 cases, 12 recovered
• Adams County: 8 cases, 8 recovered
• Audubon County: 16 cases, 15 recovered
• Guthrie County: 65 cases, 58 recovered
• Montgomery County: 10 cases, 8 recovered
• Pottawattamie County: 720 cases, 625 recovered
• Shelby County: 114 cases, 95 recovered

Iowa’s hospitalization trends have been up slightly over the past week after steady declines since an early May peak. IDPH reported 134 Iowans hospitalized with the virus, with 40 patients listed in intensive care and 16 patients on ventilators. There were 18 patients admitted in the last 24 hours.

IDPH reported approximately 3,380 available inpatient beds statewide, with 506 ICU beds and 800 ventilators available. There are coronavirus outbreaks reported in 20 Iowa long-term care facilities. IDPH reported 543 current positive cases and 410 recoveries. There have been 381 deaths reported in long-term care facilities.

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In a social media post late Friday evening, the Iowa State Patrol asked “Would you like to share the road with a motorist going this fast?  Would you want your loved ones on the road with a motorist traveling this speed? They added that in two separate traffic stops Friday, motorists were driving in excess of 100 miles per hour.

Photo from the ISP Facebook page

On I-80 in Cass County, a motorist was pulled-over after being clocked at 124-mph in a 70-mph zone, and in Scott County, another motorist was caught doing 121 mph in a 70 zone. The Patrol warns: “Slow down. Put the phone down. Buckle up.”

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports an arrest on Friday evening. At 4:50 p.m. Deputies arrested 36-year-old Robert James Welch of Paullina, IA for Driving While Barred. Welch was originally stopped for speeding and was found to have a barred Iowa driver’s license. Welch was taken to the Adams County Jail and held on $1,000 cash bond.

(Radio Iowa) – A new state law that took effect this week ensures Iowa kids have a right to sell lemonade, cookies and other types of food and non-alcoholic drinks. Senator Roby Smith of Davenport says a number of states have enacted similar laws. “In 2011, Coralville Police shut down a lemonade stand operated by a four-year-old because they did not have a permit,” Smith says. Child-run lemonade stands were technically illegal in Iowa before this Wednesday, when the governor signed the new law.

Senator Zach Wahls notes a few cities around the country have cracked down on Girl Scouts selling cookies and the new law makes it clear kids don’t have to get government permits if they want to sell baked goods or beverages. “As an Eagle Scout myself who spent many, many years selling popcorn definitely without a permit…I look forward to protecting future generations of scouts — boy scouts and girl scouts — from needless liability,” Wahls said.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Iowa is at least the 15th state to waive the government permitting process so kids under the age of 18 may sell food door to door or set up a lemonade stand.