Northwest Iowa — Twenty-seven additional residents of the four-county area tested positive for COVID-19 in Monday’s report from the Iowa Department of Public Health.
After an adjustment decline of 15 cases on Saturday, Lyon County’s total was up 22 on Monday, compared to single-digit gains or less in the other counties. The count includes two residents from Sioux County, three from O’Brien County and none from Osceola County.
No additional deaths were listed on Monday’s report, so the death toll for the area remains at 141 since the pandemic began. Fifty-four in O’Brien County, Forty-eight in Sioux County, Thirty in Lyon County, and nine in Osceola County.
Out of the 1,333 Lyon County residents who have had COVID-19, 1142 of them have recovered, for a recovery rate of about 86%.
Out of the 4,474 Sioux County residents who have had COVID-19, 4046 of them have recovered, for a recovery rate of about 90%.
Out of the 1,660 O’Brien County residents who have had COVID-19, 1458 of them have recovered, for a recovery rate of about 88%.
Out of the 628 Osceola County residents who have had COVID-19, 588 of them have recovered, for a recovery rate of about 94%.
Total numbers of cases from other counties around the area and their change from the previous report:
Iowa counties:
Plymouth 3,453 , up 0
Cherokee 1,312 , adjusted down 15 cases
Buena Vista 3,853 , up 2
Clay 1,626 , up 7
Dickinson 1,811 , up 3
