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Dubuque County: 57 New Cases, 68 Recoveries, and No New Deaths.

Iowa: 2,133 New Cases, 2,251 Recoveries, and 7 New Deaths.

24-HOUR CHANGES & NEW TOTALS  
(11 a.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today): 

POSITIVE CASES

Dubuque County:

• 57 new cases.
• Total confirmed cases to date = 10,640

Iowa:

• 2,133 new cases.
• Total confirmed cases to date = 282,439

ACTIVE CASES

• Dubuque County: 988 active cases (11 less than yesterday)

DEATHS
Dubuque County:

• No new deaths.
• Total deaths related to COVID to date = 136 
• Underlying Cause Deaths = 128, Contributing Factor Deaths = 8

Iowa:

• 7 new deaths.
• Total deaths related to COVID to date = 3,898
• Underlying Cause Deaths = 3,578, Contributing Factor Deaths = 320

HOSPITALIZATIONS

• Dubuque County Residents Hospitalized =  18 as of Dec. 28. (1 more than Dec. 27)
• Iowans Currently Hospitalized = 575 (25 less than yesterday.) 

TESTING
Dubuque County:

• 113 more individuals tested.
• Total individuals tested to date = 47,956
• Total tests to date = 121,388

Iowa:

• 4,627 more individuals tested.
• Total individuals tested to date = 1,359,661
• Total tests to date = 3,093,975

PERCENT POSITIVE CASES
Dubuque County:

• Past 14-day average = 10.4%
• Past 7-day average = 8.0%

Iowa:

• Past 14-day average = 12.7%
• Past 7-day average = 11.5%

RECOVERIES 

Dubuque County:

• New recoveries = 68 
• Total number of recoveries = 9,516

Iowa: 

• New recoveries = 2,251 
• Total number of recoveries = 241,229

LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY OUTBREAKS

Dubuque County:
 4 long-term care facility outbreaks (same as yesterday) with 111 positive cases (3 more than yesterday), 37 new positive cases in the last 14 days, and 46 recoveries (1 less than yesterday):

• Ennoble Nursing & Rehabilitation, Dubuque (19 positive cases, 16 in the last 14 days, and 0 recoveries)
• Hawkeye Care Center, Asbury (44 positive cases, 20 in the last 14 days, and 12 recoveries)
• ManorCare Health Services, Dubuque (23 positive cases, 0 in the last 14 days, and 18 recoveries)
• Stonehill Care Center, Dubuque (25 positive cases, 1 in the last 14 days, and 16 recoveries)

Iowa:
 109 long-term care facility outbreaks (2 less than yesterday) with 4,558 positive cases, 3,025 recoveries, and 1,139 deaths to date. 

 For the most current information on COVID-19, visit https://coronavirus.iowa.gov.

 For COVID-19 information specific to Dubuque County, visit  www.dubuquecounty.org/COVID19

Media Contact
Randy Gehl, Public Information Officer
Email Randy Gehl
563-589-4151

This message is from the Dubuque County Public Health Incident Management Team, which includes staff from the from the Dubuque County Health Department, City of Dubuque Health Department, Dubuque County Emergency Management Agency, and the Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association.