Greene County public health has started a wait list for county residents who are in Phase 1B to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Phase 1B was modified by the Iowa Department of Public Health on Wednesday. Due to current and short-term projections of vaccine for Iowa, the recommendations for Phase 1B focus on those age 75 years or over, as well…
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Covid positivity rate at 8.5 percent
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing has increased slightly as the 14-day incubation period ends after the holidays. Greene County public health director Becky Wolf reported positive tests were 8.5 percent of all tests in the last 14 days. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 710. There have been eight new cases in the…
Read MoreNumber of Covid-19 cases tops 700
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 703. Five new cases have been diagnosed in the past 24 hours, 10 in the last three days, 18 in the last seven days, and 39 new cases in the last 14 days. Of the total cases, 97 are active and 604 persons have recovered. The number of deaths attributed…
Read MoreCovid positivity rate at 6.7 percent as of Wednesday
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County nudged its way back to 6.7 percent as of Wednesday morning, from 5.8 percent Tuesday, according to Greene County public health director Becky Wolf. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 701. There have been seven new cases in the last 24 hours, eight in the last…
Read MoreCovid positivity rate down to 5.8 percent
The feared increase in Covid-19 cases following Christmas hasn’t happened, although the two-week incubation period after New Year’s hasn’t passed yet. The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County is 5.8 percent as of Tuesday morning, Jan. 12, according to Greene County public health director Becky Wolf. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 693.…
Read MoreCovid positivity rate still falling
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County continues declining. Greene County public health director Becky Wolf reported positive tests were 7.7 percent of all tests in the last 14 days. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 692. There have been no new cases in the last 24 hours, seven in the last…
Read MoreCovid rates up slightly
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County is 8.2 percent as of Friday morning, Jan. 8, according to Greene County public health director Becky Wolf. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 688. There have been four new cases in the last 24 hours, eight in the last three days, 16 in the last…
Read MoreFirst tier of Covid-19 vaccination progressing
Fourteen-day positivity rate at 8.0 percent Greene County public health director Becky Wolf is looking for healthcare workers who want the Covid-19 vaccine and have not yet received it. Nearly 200 healthcare workers and long term care residents have received the Moderna vaccine. The public health department must assure that all those in that tier – Tier 1a – have…
Read MoreCovid-19 positivity rate at lowest since mid-October
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County is 8.8 percent as of Wednesday morning, Jan. 6, according to Greene County public health director Becky Wolf. That’s the lowest rate since Oct. 12. Wolf cautions, though, that public health anticipates an increase in the next week or so due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The total…
Read MoreCovid-19 vaccine distribution planning shared
The much-heralded Covid-19 vaccines are in limited supply everywhere, including Greene County. Greene County director of public health Becky Wolf on Monday provided more detailed information about vaccine distribution. Currently, healthcare workers and long term care facility residents are receiving the vaccine in Phase 1a. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), and…
Read MoreCovid positivity rate remaining stable
The number of cases of Covid-19 in Greene County increased by 15 over the New Year holiday, from 658 reported Dec. 29 to 673 reported Monday afternoon, Jan. 4. That’s according to Greene County public health director Becky Wolf. The 14-day positivity rate remains at 9.6 percent. There have been two new cases diagnosed in the last 24 hours, two…
Read MoreWolf shares thoughts on Covid-19 as 2020 ends
Becky Wolf, RN, Greene County public health director, provided the following commentary with her final Covid-19 update for the year. “Since February 2020, we’ve been living in a historic period of the 21st century, the COVID-19 pandemic, a novel virus that has stricken millions and caused over 300,000 deaths in the United States, not unlike the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-1919.…
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