Northwest Iowa — More people in our area are receiving COVID vaccines each day and the number of new positive COVID tests continue to remain relatively low in our four-county area.
According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, in the past seven days 17 positive test results were reported in O’Brien County, for a positivity rate of just 4% for the period. Osceola County reports 7 new positive test results, with 5% of the total tests conducted being positive. Lyon County reports 5 new positive tests, with just 2% of the tests conducted coming back positive for the coronavirus. and Sioux County lists 35 positive test results in the past 7 days, with that number amounting to 7% of the tests conducted during the period.
The Health Department reports no deaths from COVID-related causes in the past seven days, so the numbers remain at 54 deaths in O’Brien Counties, 14 in Osceola County, 41 in Lyon County and 69 in Sioux County, for a total of 178 lives lost to COVID in our four-county area since the pandemic began.
