Monday, Dec. 21, 2020

Dubuque County: 16 New Cases, 45 Recoveries, and No New Deaths.

Iowa: 601 New Cases, 1,080 Recoveries, and No New Deaths.

Holiday Schedules for Free Local COVID-19 Testing Options

• Test Iowa (Epic Health & Wellness and Grand River Medical Group)
  
• DoINeedACOVIDTest.com (3 Hartig Drug locations and 3 Hy-Vee Pharmacy locations)

24-HOUR CHANGES & NEW TOTALS  

(11 a.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today) 

POSITIVE CASES 

Dubuque County:

• 16 new cases.
• Total confirmed cases to date = 10,251

Iowa:

• 601 new cases.
• Total confirmed cases to date = 267,748

ACTIVE CASES

• Dubuque County: 1,329 active cases (29 less than yesterday)

DEATHS

Dubuque County:

• No new deaths.
• Total deaths related to COVID to date = 133 
• Underlying Cause Deaths = 126, Contributing Factor Deaths = 7

Iowa:

• No new deaths.
• Total deaths related to COVID to date = 3,589
• Underlying Cause Deaths = 3,295, Contributing Factor Deaths = 294

HOSPITALIZATIONS

• Dubuque County Residents Hospitalized =  24 as of Dec. 19. (3 less than Dec. 17)
• Iowans Currently Hospitalized = 644 (5 more than yesterday.) 

TESTING

Dubuque County:

• 46 more individuals tested.
• Total individuals tested to date = 46,887
• Total tests to date = 112,667

Iowa:

• 1,930 more individuals tested.
• Total individuals tested to date = 1,317,932
• Total tests to date = 2,880,327

PERCENT POSITIVE CASES

Dubuque County:

• Past 14-day average = 10.4%
• Past 7-day average = 6.9%

Iowa:

• Past 14-day average = 13.1%
• Past 7-day average = 10.2%

RECOVERIES 

• New recoveries = 45 
• Total number of recoveries = 8,789

• New recoveries = 1,080 
• Total number of recoveries = 214,724

LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY OUTBREAKS

Dubuque County:
5 long-term care facility outbreaks (same as yesterday) with 99 positive cases (same as yesterday), 17 new positive cases in the last 14 days, and 56 recoveries (1 more than yesterday):

• Bethany Home, Dubuque (5 positive cases, 0 in the last 14 days, and 3 recoveries)
• Hawkeye Care Center, Asbury (22 positive cases, 10 in the last 14 days, and 9 recoveries)
• ManorCare Health Services, Dubuque (23 positive cases, 2 in the last 14 days, and 15 recoveries)
• Shady Rest Care Center, Cascade (25 positive cases, 0 in the last 14 days, and 17 recoveries)
• Stonehill Care Center, Dubuque (24 positive cases, 5 in the last 14 days, and 12 recoveries)

Iowa:
141 outbreaks (1 less than yesterday) with 5,715 positive cases, 3,193 recoveries, and 1,135 deaths to date. 

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