Northwest Iowa — One new death and twenty-one new positive results for COVID-19 were reported in the four northwesternmost Iowa counties on Tuesday, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.
Eight new positive results were reported in Sioux County, seven in Lyon County, four in O’Brien County and two in Osceola County. About twelve percent of northwest Iowans have tested positive for COVID since March 2020. Roughly one person in eight in this area has tested positive at some point since that time. Health officials remind us that the numbers only indicate people who have had a COVID test that came back positive. As with any other disease, the actual number of people who have had the disease is thought to be much higher.
The death was that of an Osceola County resident. O’Brien County’s death total remains at 54, and Sioux’s remains at 67. Lyon’s remains at 40, while Osceola’s is now 14. The death toll for the area is at 175 since the pandemic began.
Out of the 1,430 Lyon County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, 1,336 of them have recovered, for a recovery rate of about 93%.
Out of the 4,705 Sioux County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, 4,505 of them have recovered, for a recovery rate of about 96%.
Out of the 1,770 O’Brien County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, 1,652 of them have recovered, for a recovery rate of about 93%.
Out of the 662 Osceola County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, 632 of them have recovered, for a recovery rate of about 95%.
Osceola County currently has 16 active cases, which is down five in the last 24 hours. There were 64 in O’Brien County, which is down nine, and 54 in Lyon County, which is down four. Sioux County has 133 active cases, which is down eight.
Total numbers of cases since the beginning of the pandemic from other counties around the area and their change from the previous report:
Iowa counties:
Plymouth 3,616 , up 4
Cherokee 1,427 , up 3
Buena Vista 4,047 , up 5
Clay 1,815 , up 4
Dickinson 1,971 , up 1
