DES MOINES, Iowa (KWQC) - The Iowa Department of Public Health announced 408 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday morning along with 19 deaths. That's the highest amount of deaths reported in Iowa in a 24-hour period, so far.
At her press conference Tuesday morning, Governor Kim Reynolds said 56% of Iowa's deaths are among the state's most vulnerable populations, including those living and working at longterm care facilities.
Reynolds also said there's more testing being done where the virus appears to be more active.
"No wonder our daily case count grows," Reynolds said. "Testing more Iowans allows us to respond in a very target way so life and business can move forward safely and responsibly."
It was also announced that Iowa's school districts are getting federal dollars to help with costs incurred due to the pandemic. A total of $76.1 million will be spread among 327 districts.
Districts must access the application by Monday, May 11. Schools will get the money within two days, by May 13. They must use that federal money by September 30. It's retroactive, too, so they can use the money to pay for costs related to COVID-19 dating back to March.
There's now a total of 10,111 cases in Iowa. Of that total, 207 have died and 3,572 have recovered. More than 60,500 people have been tested (65,569).
Here's a closer look some of the totals among counties in the TV6 viewing area:
- Scott, 255 total cases; seven deaths; 2,926 tested; 200 recovered
- Muscatine, 415 total cases; 16 deaths; 1,834 tested; 171 recovered
- Louisa, 279 total cases; two deaths; 762 tested; 155 recovered
- Des Moines, 21 total cases; one death; 331 tested; 12 recovered
- Lee, 16 total cases; no deaths; 255 tested; nine recovered
- Henry, 37 total cases; one death; 295 tested; 28 recovered
- Jackson, five total cases; no deaths; 244 tested; 13 recovered
- Clinton, 51 total cases; one death; 718 tested; 37 recovered
- Cedar, 35 total cases; no deaths; 402 tested; 27 recovered
Check out TV6's Tracking the Curve page for more information and updated graphs.
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