The original item was published from 9/29/2021 4:40:49 PM to 10/14/2021 12:00:02 AM.

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Posted on: September 29, 2021

[ARCHIVED] September 29 Weekly Dubuque County COVID-19 Update

238 New Positive Individuals and 3 Deaths Since Sept. 22

Sept. 29 Video Update

Last week in Iowa, unvaccinated individuals accounted for 81% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients and 85% of COVID-19 patients in the ICU. Public Health Specialist Mary Rose Corrigan explains the importance of vaccinations, including the CDC’s new recommendations on a booster dose for the Pfizer vaccine, in this video update on behalf of the Dubuque County Public Health Incident Management Team. Watch the video at https://youtu.be/TJqOJrYEi5Y

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DUBUQUE COUNTY CHANGES & TOTALS

(Sept. 22 to Sept. 29)

POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS

https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/case-counts

238 new positive individuals since Sept. 22
Total positive individuals to date = 15,013

ACTIVE CASES

820 active cases in Dubuque County. (61 more than Sept. 22)

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COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RATE

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view

The CDC continues to rate Dubuque County at the HIGH level of community transmission of COVID-19.
7-Day New Case Rate per 100K Population through Sept. 27 = 234.3 (-5.7 from previous 7 days)
Percent Positivity (last 7 days) through Sept. 25 = 11.06% (+1.67% change in last 7 days)

HOSPITALIZATIONS

https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/rmcc-data

Dubuque County Residents Hospitalized = 15 as of Sept. 22. (6 less than Sept. 15)
Statewide hospitalizations are also increasing with the 81.2% of those currently hospitalized due to COVID and 84.7% of those in ICU due to COVID being unvaccinated individuals. Details at https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/hospital-data

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