Iowa Reports 66 New Coronavirus Cases; Two More Deaths

Public health officials are reporting another 66 positive cases of the coronavirus in Iowa, raising the statewide number of 614.

Iowa Department of Public officials also confirmed two more deaths in the state, both were adults from Linn County who were between the ages of 61 and 80.

The latest figures, released Thursday around noon, include new 13 cases in Linn and Johnson Counties, combined. Linn County is also the first county to have more than 100 confirmed cases, at 103.

In Linn County, nine more cases were reported, seven of them people age 60 or younger. In Johnson County, all five new cases are persons 60 or younger.

The virus is now present in 63 of Iowa's 99 counties. According to health officials, the 614 confirmed cases include 326 females and 288 males.

The death toll from the pandemic in Iowa now stands at 11, four of them in Linn County. There are currently 74 people hospitalized with symptoms of COVID-19, state health officials said. The numbers also show that 347 Iowans who tested positive for the coronavirus were never hospitalized.

To date, 8,054 people have tested negative for the virus in Iowa.

Here's information on the state's 66 additional cases:

Allamakee County: 1 child (0-17 years), 2 adults (18-40 years), 4 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80) years
Black Hawk County: 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Boone County: 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Bremer County: 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Buchanan County: 1 adult (18-40 years)
Cedar County: 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Cerro Gordo County: 2 middle-aged adults (41-60 years)
Clay County: 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Clinton County: 2 adults (18-40 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Dallas County: 1 adult (18-40 years), 3 middle-aged adults (41-60 years)
Delaware County: 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Jefferson County: 1 adult (18-40 years)
Johnson County: 1 adult (18-40 years), 3 middle-aged adults (41-60 years)
Jones County: 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Linn County: 3 adults (18-40 years), 4 middle-aged adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years), 1 elderly adult (81+)
Mahaska County: 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Marshall County: 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Muscatine County: 1 adult (18-40 years)
Polk County: 2 adults (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 3 older adults (61-80 years)
Poweshiek County: 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Scott County: 3 middle-aged adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Tama County: 2 adults (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Van Buren County: 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Warren County: 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Washington County: 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Winneshiek County: 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Woodbury County: 2 adults (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)

CLICK HERE to view a status report of monitoring and testing of COVID-19 in Iowa, provided by the Iowa Department of Public Health.

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.

Iowans who have traveled recently for business or spring break vacations, whether internationally or domestically outside of Iowa, should strongly consider self-isolating for 14 days. This will support the state's ongoing efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and limit the introduction of the virus from other points of travel, IDPH officials said.

Gov. Kim Reynolds holds daily press conferences at 2:30 PM. To view the live stream, CLICK HERE.