COVID-19 Cases Climb In Mahaska County
Oskaloosa, Iowa – According to the State of Iowa, the amount of COVID-19 cases in Mahaska County has increased by six over the past two days.
Mahaska County had been at ten cases before the jump, with seven of those individuals listed as recovered, and one individual deceased.
One hundred eighty-three individuals from Mahaska County have been tested for the disease.
Breaking down the age groups, three individuals in the Adult Age group (18-40 years), while ten Middle Age (41-60 years) have test positive. Two Older Adult cases (61-80 years), and one Elderly ( individual 81+ years) also tested positive.
Mahaska County is part of RMCC Region 1. According to the State of Iowa, there are 353 hospitalized COVID-19 patients currently, with 26 of those being admitted in the past 24 hours.
There is a total of 131 patients in ICU, with 90 patients on ventilators.
Statewide on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020, there are 8,641 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with a total of 175 deaths. Of those positive cases, 3,156 individuals have recovered. In the State of Iowa, 49,727 individuals have been tested.
According to John Hopkins University, there has been a total of 1,107,815 total cases confirmed in the United States. Of those, 64,244 individuals have passed away. There have been a total of 6,551,810 tests conducted in the United States.
You can learn more about COVID-19 in the State of Iowa by visiting – https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/
Additional COVID-19 cases in Iowa, additional deaths confirmed
DES MOINES – Today, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 757 additional positive cases for a total of 8,641 positive cases. There have been an additional 3,377 negative tests for a total of 41,085 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs. 87 percent of new positive cases today are in the 22 counties where restrictions remain in place. 493 of the new 757 positive cases are from Black Hawk, Dallas, Polk and Woodbury counties.
As Governor Reynolds mentioned in yesterday’s press conference, the state of Iowa will report large case counts this weekend as SHL completes reporting from a high volume of tests processed this week.
According to IDPH, an additional 5 deaths were also reported, 353 are currently hospitalized, and 3,156 Iowans have recovered. At this time, 1 in 63 Iowans have already been tested.
According to IDPH the additional 5 deaths were reported in the following counties:
Linn County, 2 older adults (61-80 years)
Polk County , 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Tama County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Woodbury County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
The state of Iowa has released an updated dashboard on coronavirus.iowa.gov that will be updated daily to include comprehensive tracking of COVID-19 in Iowa. The new dashboard includes cases, deaths, and tests conducted in each county. The state is now providing demographic information that was not previously provided as well as Iowa’s epidemiological curve.
