DES MOINES â As it turns out, COVID-19 was far worse than the flu.
COVID-19 likely will go down as the third-leading cause of death in Iowa in 2020, when 4,667 Iowans died of COVID-related causes, according to state public health data.
If the stateâs five-year averages for causes of death hold, only cancer and heart disease will have claimed more Iowansâ lives than COVID-19 in 2020.
For the years 2015 to 2019, the most recent for which state data is available, an average of 7,124 Iowans each year died of heart disease and an average of 6,431 Iowans each year died of cancer.
If 2020âs numbers reflect those five-year averages, COVID-19 will go down as Iowaâs third-leading cause of death, more than double chronic respiratory diseases, accidents, strokes, Alzheimerâs, and diabetes, according to state data.
Good Shepherd Health Center already finished with first round of vaccinations
Nearly all of the residents at Good Shepherd have received the shot.
Posted: Jan 20, 2021 10:30 PM
Posted By: Nick Kruszalnicki
MASON CITY, Iowa - Some good news in the fight against the coronavirus locally. Good Shepherd Health Center says it s done with the first round of coronavirus vaccine doses and is getting ready to give out the second set of shots.
The first vaccination clinic took place on January 14th and they ll be giving out the second dose on February 4th.
Good Shepherd CEO Ian Stockberger says the State of Iowa required the first round of vaccinations to be completed by January 18th.
With the holiday season coming to a close, the moments before returning back to the day-to-day bustle of normal life provides many the opportunity to look back and reflect on the positive things that have happened during it.
For the Newman Catholic School System, the school made sure its presence was felt throughout the North Iowa community.
Whether it was dressing up to raise money for a food bank, or spreading cheer throughout area care centers and nursing homes â the school was active this holiday season. Hereâs a look into some of the ways Newman Catholic made an impact.
By Todd Epp
Iowa coronavirus graphic.
DES MOINES, Iowa (KELO.com) With COVID-19 outbreaks growing in Iowa’s nursing homes, state inspectors report finding no infection-control violations in many of the facilities with the biggest current, active outbreaks.
As of Wednesday afternoon, there were 141 current, active outbreaks in Iowa nursing homes, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health. There are 5,725 infections associated with those outbreaks. That’s an increase of 236 from the 5,489 nursing home infections reported just 24 hours earlier.
The current number of nursing home outbreaks is also more than five times the number of infections reported in late September when there were 1,030 infections tied to 50 active outbreaks in Iowa nursing homes.