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Dubuque County: 50 New Cases, 23 Recoveries, and No New Deaths.

Iowa: 1,123 New Cases, 806 Recoveries, and No New Deaths.

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

POSITIVE CASES

Dubuque County:

• 50 new cases.
• Total confirmed cases to date = 10,709

Iowa:

• 1,123 new cases.
• Total confirmed cases to date = 284,268

ACTIVE CASES

• Dubuque County: 982 active cases (27 more than yesterday)

DEATHS

Dubuque County:

• No new deaths.
• Total deaths related to COVID to date = 139 
• Underlying Cause Deaths = 131, Contributing Factor Deaths = 8

Iowa:

• No new deaths.
• Total deaths related to COVID to date = 3,946
• Underlying Cause Deaths = 3,621, Contributing Factor Deaths = 325

HOSPITALIZATIONS

• Dubuque County Residents Hospitalized =  18 as of Dec. 28. (1 more than Dec. 27)
• Iowans Currently Hospitalized = 577 (5 more than yesterday.) 

TESTING

Dubuque County:

• 116 more individuals tested.
• Total individuals tested to date = 48,126
• Total tests to date = 121,897

Iowa:

• 2,638 more individuals tested.
• Total individuals tested to date = 1,364,344
• Total tests to date = 3,110,877

PERCENT POSITIVE CASES

Dubuque County:

• Past 14-day average = 11.2%
• Past 7-day average = 8.9%

Iowa:

• Past 14-day average = 13.1%
• Past 7-day average = 11.8%

RECOVERIES 

Dubuque County:

• New recoveries = 23 
• Total number of recoveries = 9,588

Iowa: 

• New recoveries = 806 
• Total number of recoveries = 244,024

LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY OUTBREAKS

Dubuque County:
 4 long-term care facility outbreaks (same as yesterday) with 113 positive cases (2 more than yesterday), 34 new positive cases in the last 14 days, and 49 recoveries (same as yesterday):

• Ennoble Nursing & Rehabilitation, Dubuque (19 positive cases, 14 in the last 14 days, and 0 recoveries)
• Hawkeye Care Center, Asbury (46 positive cases, 19 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 19 recoveries)

Iowa:
 106 long-term care facility outbreaks (1 less than yesterday) with 4,463 positive cases, 3,012 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.