Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020

Dubuque County: 27 New Cases, 122 Recoveries, 2 New Deaths, and 1 New LTC Outbreak.

Iowa: 1,272 New Cases, 4,351 Recoveries, and 64 New Deaths.

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24-HOUR CHANGES & NEW TOTALS  

(11 a.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today) 

POSITIVE CASES 

Dubuque County:

• 27 new cases.
• Total confirmed cases to date = 10,278

Iowa:

• 1,272 new cases.
• Total confirmed cases to date = 269,020

ACTIVE CASES

• Dubuque County: 1,232 active cases (97 less than yesterday)

DEATHS

Dubuque County:

• 2 new deaths.
• Total deaths related to COVID to date = 135 
• Underlying Cause Deaths = 127, Contributing Factor Deaths = 8

Iowa:

• 64 new deaths.
• Total deaths related to COVID to date = 3,653
• Underlying Cause Deaths = 3,355, Contributing Factor Deaths = 298

HOSPITALIZATIONS

• Dubuque County Residents Hospitalized =  22 as of Dec. 20. (2 less than Dec. 19)
• Iowans Currently Hospitalized = 651 (7 more than yesterday.) 

TESTING

Dubuque County:

• 89 more individuals tested.
• Total individuals tested to date = 46,976
• Total tests to date = 114,056

Iowa:

• 4,197 more individuals tested.
• Total individuals tested to date = 1,322,129
• Total tests to date = 2,910,931

PERCENT POSITIVE CASES

Dubuque County:

• Past 14-day average = 9.8%
• Past 7-day average = 6.0%

Iowa:

• Past 14-day average = 12.6%
• Past 7-day average = 9.5%

RECOVERIES 

• New recoveries = 122 
• Total number of recoveries = 8,911

• New recoveries = 4,351 
• Total number of recoveries = 219,075

LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY OUTBREAKS

Dubuque County:
6 long-term care facility outbreaks (1 more than yesterday) with 110 positive cases (11 more than yesterday), 19 new positive cases in the last 14 days, and 65 recoveries (9 more than yesterday):

• Bethany Home, Dubuque (5 positive cases, 0 in the last 14 days, and 4 recoveries)
• Ennoble Nursing & Rehabilitation, Dubuque (3 positive cases, 3 in the last 14 days, and 0 recoveries)
• Hawkeye Care Center, Asbury (29 positive cases, 10 in the last 14 days, and 9 recoveries)
• ManorCare Health Services, Dubuque (23 positive cases, 14 in the last 14 days, and 12 recoveries)
• Shady Rest Care Center, Cascade (26 positive cases, 0 in the last 14 days, and 22 recoveries)
• Stonehill Care Center, Dubuque (24 positive cases, 2 in the last 14 days, and 12 recoveries)

Iowa:
133 outbreaks (8 less than yesterday) with 5,338 positive cases, 3,053 recoveries, and 1,137 deaths to date. 

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