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Posted on: February 1, 2021

[ARCHIVED] Local COVID-19 Update, February 1, 2021

Dubuque County: 5 New Cases, 14 Recoveries, and No New Deaths.
Iowa: 306 New Cases, 713 Recoveries, and 5 New Deaths.

Dubuque County: 5 New Cases, 14 Recoveries, and No New Deaths.
Iowa: 306 New Cases, 713 Recoveries, and 5 New Deaths.


Vaccination Data

These updates will soon begin including county vaccination data from the Iowa Department of Public Health's new dashboard (https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/vaccineinformation) launched last Friday. The format of the updates will also be modified to focus on Dubuque County and the most relevant data available at this stage in the pandemic.


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


POSITIVE CASES
Dubuque County:

  • 5 new cases.
  • Total confirmed cases to date = 11,830

Iowa:

  • 306 new cases.
  • Total confirmed cases to date = 319,506

Jan 1 - Feb 1 Trendline of New Cases in Dubuque County (JPG)

ACTIVE CASES

  • Dubuque County: 1,059 active cases (9 less than yesterday)

DEATHS
Dubuque County:

  • No new deaths.
  • Total deaths related to COVID to date = 176 
  • Underlying Cause Deaths = 167, Contributing Factor Deaths = 9

Iowa:

  • 5 new deaths.
  • Total deaths related to COVID to date = 4,906
  • Underlying Cause Deaths = 4,447, Contributing Factor Deaths = 459

Dubuque County COVID-19 Deaths to Date by Age Group (JPG)

HOSPITALIZATIONS

  • Dubuque County Residents Hospitalized =  8 as of Jan. 30. (same as Jan. 30)
  • Iowans Currently Hospitalized = 360 (10 more than yesterday.) 

Hospitalizations of Dubuque County Residents Dec 30 - Jan 30 (JPG)

TESTING
Dubuque County:

  • 39 more individuals tested.
  • Total individuals tested to date = 51,502
  • Total tests to date = 143,020

Iowa:

  • 1,306 more individuals tested.
  • Total individuals tested to date = 1,474,073
  • Total tests to date = 3,628,055

PERCENT POSITIVE CASES
Dubuque County:

  • Past 14-day average = 9.8%
  • Past 7-day average = 5.6%

Iowa:

  • Past 14-day average = 9.9%
  • Past 7-day average = 7.5%

14-Day Average of Percent of Positive Cases Jan 1 - Jan 31 (JPG)

RECOVERIES 
Dubuque County:

  • New recoveries = 14 
  • Total number of recoveries = 10,595

Iowa:

  • New recoveries = 713 
  • Total number of recoveries = 283,032

LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY OUTBREAKS
Dubuque County:
 1 long-term care facility outbreak (same as yesterday):

  • Stonehill Care Center, Dubuque (26 current positive cases, 13 in the last 14 days, and 0 recoveries)

Iowa:
 55 long-term care facility outbreaks (same as yesterday) with 1,641 current positive cases (residents and staff), 910 recoveries (residents and staff), and 2,010 resident deaths from all Iowa LTC facilities to date. 

General Guidelines (JPG)


 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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