By Celine Castronuovo - 02/03/21 11:35 AM EST
A Democratic state lawmaker in Iowa intentionally violated the state House dress code this week by wearing jeans as part of an effort to push local Republicans to implement a mask mandate on the House floor.
Iowa state Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) informed colleagues Sunday evening that she would be wearing jeans on the House floor this week, The Des Moines Register first reported. She wore jeans on Tuesday night and told colleagues she plans to continue wearing them.
Wearing jeans is a violation of House rules that mandate no member of the general assembly or legislative employee or intern shall be admitted to the floor of the House if attired in jeans of any color without leave of the speaker.
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Iowa’s hospitalizations related to COVID-19 continue to fall sharply, but the test positivity rate exceeded 25 percent, the New York Times reported.
As of Sunday, there were 358 hospitalizations, down 26 percent in the past two weeks, the newspaper’s database indicated.
The Times reported 298 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Iowa on Sunday, with the seven-day average down 26 percent. The state has averaged 895 cases a day over the past week.
The Times reported 250 COVID-related deaths in Iowa Sunday. However, a state official told the Des Moines Register some of those deaths happened as early as October and were added this week after a federal review of death certificates. The Register reported Iowa had added five more deaths as of 10 a.m. Monday.
Iowa surpasses 320,000 positive COVID-19 cases Share Updated: 10:07 AM CST Feb 2, 2021
Iowa surpasses 320,000 positive COVID-19 cases Share Updated: 10:07 AM CST Feb 2, 2021
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Show Transcript KCCI S CHRIS GOTHNER TELLS US WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. AND THAT S WHAT DR. YOGESH SHAH SAYS MAKES THE NEW UK VARIANT OF COVID-19 A CONCERN. THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT IT S DETECTED AT LEAST THREE CASES OF THE NEW STRAIN IN IOWA ONE IN BREMER COUNTY AND TWO IN JOHNSON COUNTY. SHAH THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AT DES MOINES BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER SAYS THE MUTATION WASN T UNEXPECTED, VIRUSES REGULARLY MUTATE. HE SAYS IT REMAINS CRITICAL FOR IOWANS TO MASK UP AND SOCIAL DISTANCE. IN DES MOINES, CHRIS GOTHNER, KCCI 8 NEWS IOWA S NEWS LEADE
January 28, 2021
Des Moines, Ia- The Iowa Department of Public Health on Wednesday reported over 1,000 new cases of COVID-19.
On Wednesday 1,104 new cases of COVID-19 were reported bringing the total number of positive cases in Iowa to 315,170 since the pandemic began.
8 additional deaths were also reported bringing that total to 4,500. Hospitalizations continued to trend down with 408 residents hospitalized with 81 in ICUs and 37 on ventilators.
Over 1.4 million COVID-19 tests have been administered in Iowa and a total of 277,830 residents have recovered from the virus.
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Updated: 10:04 AM CST Jan 28, 2021 The Iowa Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 1,266 new positive COVID-19 cases and 32 additional deaths.At 10 a.m., the health department reported 316,436 total positive cases, 279,678 total recoveries and 4,532 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. The health department reported 315,170 total cases and 4,500 total deaths 24 hours earlier.Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate now stands at 10.1%. That’s down from 10.2% the previous day. The statewide 7-day positivity rate remains at 7.8%. State data shows 1,459,926 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19, while 3,564,851 tests have been administered.The number of Iowa’s 99 counties reporting a 14-day positivity rate greater than 15% remains at eight. There are now no counties reporting a rate greater than 20%. Kossuth County leads the state with a 19.7% rate. Fifty-four counties report a rate lower than 10%. Emmet County has the lowest positivity rate in the state at 4.7%I