Gov Kim Reynolds’ Friday press conference on the COVID-19 pandemic yielded very little new information. She continued to defend her decision not to impose a shelter-in-place order, despite yesterday’s statement by Dr Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, that all states should have such an order.
Reynolds continues to say the orders she has put in place are similar to the shelter-in-place orders in 45 states.
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 85 additional positive cases of Iowans with COVID-19, for a total of 699 positive cases as of April 2 at 6 pm. There has been a total of 8,764 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs.
According to IDPH, the locations and age ranges of the 85 individuals include:
• Allamakee County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
• Clayton County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
• Clinton County, 4 middle age adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Crawford County, 1 middle age adult (41-60), 2 older adults (61-80 years)
• Dallas County, 2 older adults (61-80 years)
• Dubuque County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Fayette County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Henry County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Jackson County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Jasper County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Jefferson County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
• Johnson County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 2 middle-age adults (41-60 years)
• Linn County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 2 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 5 older adults (61-80 years), 6 elderly adults (81+)
• Louisa County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Lyon County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Marshall County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
• Monona County, 1 elderly (81+)
• Muscatine County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• O’Brien County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Plymouth County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
• Polk County, 6 adults (18-40 years), 6 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Pottawattamie County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Scott County, 4 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 2 older adults (61-80 years)
• Shelby County, 1 older adult (61-80 years), 1 elderly adult (81+)
• Sioux County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Story County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
• Tama County, 3 adults (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Van Buren County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
• Warren County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
• Washington County, 2 adults (18-40 years), 3 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 2 older adults (61-80 years)
• Woodbury County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
