DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 52 additional positive cases of Iowans with COVID-19, for a total of 549 positive cases. According to IDPH two more deaths were reported today (Wednesday). Both persons were over the age of 81. One lived in Washington County and the other in Polk County. Nine people in Iowa have died. The virus is now present in 60 of Iowa’s 99 counties. State health officials say 63 people are hospitalized in Iowa, 303 were never hospitalized and are self-isolating at home. As of last report, 287 women and 262 men tested positive for COVID-19.

There have been a total of 7,304 negative tests to date. Officials with the Madison County Health Care System said today (Wednesday), that Madison County has its first positive case of COVID-19. The individual in question is currently hospitalized in Polk County. They were said to be between 61 and 80 years of age.

***The latest data shows there are 10 COVID-19 cases in Harrison County; 5 in Pottawattamie County; 3 in Shelby County; 1 each in Audubon, Guthrie, Adair, Madison, Montgomery and Taylor Counties, and two COVID-19 cases in Page County; there are 5 cases in Monona County, 4 in Woodbury, and one each in Carroll and Crawford Counties.***

According to IDPH, the locations and age ranges of the other 51 individuals include:

Cerro Gordo County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
Clayton County, 1 elderly adult (81+)
Clinton County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
Dallas County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Des Moines County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Dubuque County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Harrison County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Henry County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Iowa County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
Jasper County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years)
Johnson County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Linn County, 2 adults (18-40 years), 2 middle-age adults (41-60 years)
Mitchell County, 2 middle-age adults (41-60 years)
Muscatine County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
O’Brien County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Polk County, 1 middle-age adult (41-60 years), 3 older adults (61-80 years), 1 elderly (81+)
Pottawattamie County, 1 child (0-17 years)
Poweshiek County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Scott County, 2 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 1 adult (18-40 years)
Story County, 2 older adults (61-80 years)
Tama County, 1 middle age adult (41-60 years), 2 older adults (61-80 years)
Van Buren County, 1 older adult (61-80 years)
Warren County, 1 adult (18-40 years)
Washington County, 1 adult (18-40 years), 5 middle-age adults (41-60 years), 2 older adults (61-80 years), 1 elderly adult (81+)