Northwest Iowa — The streak continues, with another week with no COVID-related deaths reported in O’Brien, Osceola, Sioux or Lyon Counties, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.
However, despite that good news, we must remember that 188 of our neighbors have succumbed to COVID-related sickness since the pandemic began. 71 in Sioux County, 57 in O’Brien County, 41 in Lyon County and 16 in Osceola County.
We were up slightly in the number of new positive cases in this area in the past seven days. Sioux County reports 4 new positives, with a positivity rate of 10%. That’s up 4 from the previous week’s number of positives. O’Brien, Osceola and Lyon Counties each reported no new positives during the previous seven days.
Three long-term care facilities in Iowa report COVID outbreaks as of late morning Monday. One facility in Audubon County reports 14 staff and residents have the virus, one facility in Cerro Gordo County has 12 staff and residents with the illness and on facility in Des Moines County reports four cases, for a total of 30 cases at three locations in the state of Iowa.
