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Dubuque County: 10 New Cases, 19 Recoveries, and No New Deaths.

Iowa: 438 New Cases, 551 Recoveries, and 1 New Death.

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

POSITIVE CASES
Dubuque County:

• 10 new cases.
• Total confirmed cases to date = 11,092

Iowa:

• 438 new cases.
• Total confirmed cases to date = 296,877

ACTIVE CASES

• Dubuque County: 1,018 active cases (9 less than yesterday)

DEATHS
Dubuque County:

• No new deaths.
• Total deaths related to COVID to date = 142 
• Underlying Cause Deaths = 134, Contributing Factor Deaths = 8

Iowa:

• 1 new death.
• Total deaths related to COVID to date = 4,139
• Underlying Cause Deaths = 3,792, Contributing Factor Deaths = 347

HOSPITALIZATIONS

• Dubuque County Residents Hospitalized =  12 as of Jan. 9. (10 less than Jan. 7)
• Iowans Currently Hospitalized = 555 (14 more than yesterday.) 

TESTING
Dubuque County:

• 39 more individuals tested.
• Total individuals tested to date = 49,037
• Total tests to date = 127,369

Iowa:

• 1,651 more individuals tested.
• Total individuals tested to date = 1,396,450
• Total tests to date = 3,254,018

PERCENT POSITIVE CASES
Dubuque County:

• Past 14-day average = 12.2%
• Past 7-day average = 9.7%

Iowa:

• Past 14-day average = 14.6%
• Past 7-day average = 11.8%

RECOVERIES 
Dubuque County:

• New recoveries = 19 
• Total number of recoveries = 9,932

Iowa:

• New recoveries = 551 
• Total number of recoveries = 256,154

LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY OUTBREAKS

Dubuque County:
 3 long-term care facility outbreaks (same as yesterday) with 64 current positive cases (same as yesterday), 8 new positive cases in the last 14 days, and 7 recoveries:

• Ennoble Nursing & Rehabilitation, Dubuque (20 current positive cases, 2 in the last 14 days, and 0 recoveries)
• Hawkeye Care Center, Asbury (41 current positive cases, 3 in the last 14 days, and 7 recoveries)
• Sunnycrest Manor, Dubuque (3 current positive cases, 3 in the last 14 day, and 0 recoveries)

Iowa:
 86 long-term care facility outbreaks (4 less than yesterday) with 1,998 current positive cases (residents and staff), 959 recoveries (residents and staff), and 1,680 resident deaths from all Iowa LTC facilities 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.