Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Dubuque County: 238 More Completed Vaccinations, 16 New Positive Individuals, and No New Deaths.

Iowa: 5,550 More Completed Vaccinations, 493 New Positive Individuals, and 8 New Deaths.

Incident Management Team Video Update

Approximately 17,500  Dubuque County residents have completed their COVID-19 vaccine series. Public Health Specialist Mary Rose Corrigan covers the latest in vaccine administration and reminds us of other public health tools we have to slow the spread in yesterday's update on behalf of the Dubuque County Public Health Incident Management Team.  Watch the video update at https://youtu.be/k5itV597Tzg

DUBUQUE COUNTY 24-HOUR CHANGES & TOTALS  

(11 a.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today) 

POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS 

https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/case-counts

• 16 more positive individuals than yesterday
• Total positive individuals to date = 12,580

ACTIVE CASES

• 274 active cases in Dubuque County (35 less than yesterday)

DEATHS   

https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/outcome-analysis-deaths

• No new deaths.
• Total deaths related to COVID to date = 200 
• Underlying Cause Deaths = 186, Contributing Factor Deaths = 14

HOSPITALIZATIONS 

https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/rmcc-data

• Dubuque County Residents Hospitalized = 4 as of Mar. 20. (2 less than Mar. 18)

TESTING & POSITIVITY RATE

• 75 more individuals tested
• Individuals tested to date = 55,412
• Past 14-day positivity average = 2.0%
• Past 7-day positivity average = 2.5%

Please do not reply to this message.  If you have questions, please call 563.556.6200.  For COVID-19 information specific to Dubuque County, visit  www.dubuquecounty.org/COVID19