Northwest Iowa — There were four new positive COVID test results in the four-county area of Lyon, Sioux, O’Brien and Osceola Counties during the past seven days, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.
The positive test results included two tests in Sioux County, with one each in O’Brien and Lyon Counties. Once again, no new positives were reported in Osceola County.
For another week there were no new deaths reported in the four-county area in the past seven days. Since the pandemic began 74 Sioux County residents have succumbed to the virus, along with 57 from O’Brien County, 41 from Lyon County and 17 from Osceola County.
This week’s report lists COVID outbreaks in two Iowa long-term care facilities, but provided no additional details.
