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Woodbury County added two more COVID-related deaths in the past 24-hours for a total of 175 since the start of the pandemic. There were 46 additional cases. Siouxland District Health says mask up, keep your distance, wash your hands, stay home when sick, and avoid nonessential gatherings.
The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 10 more Iowans have died of the disease for more than 4,200 (4,232) and almost 1,900 additional cases for a total of 300,000 positive test results.
More than 50 Iowa counties have a 14-day average positivity rate above 15%, a level indicating significant community virus spread. That’s includes Woodbury County with 15.4%.
Iowa’s representatives in the U.S. House split along party lines on the vote to impeach President Trump for the second time. The delegation’s lone Democrat, Congresswoman Cindy Axne, voted to impeach, saying Trump incited the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and cannot remain in office.
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State lawmakers returned to the Iowa Capitol today. Education, taxation, safety are the top priorities for 2021 Iowa legislature. And they were joined inside by more than 200 anti-mask protestors.
Few of the protesters wore face coverings as packed into the Iowa Capitol rotunda today and then into the Senate and House chamber galleries. They were protesting mask-wearing and other public health measures designed to slow the spread of the new coronavirus and the COVID-19 pandemic. Iowa’s current public health orders require people to wear masks in public when inside and around others for more than 15 minutes. But Republican legislative leaders decided against requiring visitors to the Capitol to wear face masks.
A northwest Iowa teacher has died of complications of COVID-19.
The superintendent of the Woodbury Central School District in Moville confirmed the death of 53-year-old Cherie Dandurand who first started in the district in 1991.
School was called off early yesterday after hearing the news of Dandurand’s death.
She taught middle school social studies.
According to the Iowa COVID-19 tracker website, a staff member at North High School in Sioux City died of complications of COVID-19 in October. The Sioux City Community School District wouldn’t comment on the death, insiders say the staff member wasn’t working when she was infected.
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