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Posted on: January 20, 2021

[ARCHIVED] Local COVID-19 Update, January 20, 2021

Dubuque County: 47 New Cases, 68 Recoveries, and 3 New Deaths.
Iowa: 1,359 New Cases, 1,692 Recoveries, and 62 New Deaths.

Dubuque County: 47 New Cases, 68 Recoveries, and 3 New Deaths.
Iowa: 1,359 New Cases, 1,692 Recoveries, and 62 New Deaths.


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


POSITIVE CASES

Dubuque County:

  • 47 new cases.
  • Total confirmed cases to date = 11,398

Iowa:

  • 1,359 new cases.
  • Total confirmed cases to date = 307,595

ACTIVE CASES

  • Dubuque County: 960 active cases (24 less than yesterday)

DEATHS
Dubuque County:

  • 3 new deaths.
  • Total deaths related to COVID to date = 153
  • Underlying Cause Deaths = 144, Contributing Factor Deaths = 9

Iowa:

  • 62 new deaths.
  • Total deaths related to COVID to date = 4,394
  • Underlying Cause Deaths = 4.007, Contributing Factor Deaths = 387

Dubuque County COVID-19 Deaths by Age Group - 1.20.21

HOSPITALIZATIONS

  • Dubuque County Residents Hospitalized =  13 as of Jan. 17. (4 more than Jan. 14)
  • Iowans Currently Hospitalized = 474 (16 less than yesterday.) 

TESTING
Dubuque County:

  • 153 more individuals tested.
  • Total individuals tested to date = 50,218
  • Total tests to date = 134,564

Iowa:

  • 4,215 more individuals tested.
  • Total individuals tested to date = 1,430,428
  • Total tests to date = 3,421,160

PERCENT POSITIVE CASES
Dubuque County:

  • Past 14-day average = 9.6%
  • Past 7-day average = 6.7%

Iowa:

  • Past 14-day average = 11.6%
  • Past 7-day average = 8.5%

RECOVERIES 
Dubuque County:

  • New recoveries = 68
  • Total number of recoveries = 10,285

Iowa:

  • New recoveries = 1,692
  • Total number of recoveries = 270,577

LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY OUTBREAKS
Dubuque County:
3 long-term care facility outbreaks (1 more than yesterday) with 120 current positive cases,6 new positive cases in the last 14 days, and 71 recoveries:

  • Ennoble Nursing & Rehabilitation, Dubuque (56 current positive cases, 0 in the last 14 days, and 32 recoveries)
  • Hawkeye Care Center, Asbury (59 current positive cases, 1 in the last 14 days, and 39 recoveries)
  • Stonehill Care Center, Dubuque (5 current positive cases, 5 in the last 14 days, and 0 recoveries)

Iowa:
71 long-term care facility outbreaks (1 less than yesterday) with 1,882 current positive cases (residents and staff), 1,030 recoveries (residents and staff), and 1,806 resident deaths from all Iowa LTC facilities to date. 

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 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.

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