Three of the seven counties in the Carroll Broadcasting coverage area are now reporting two-week positivity rates below 15 percent. Audubon County remains ranked third lowest in the state at 10.1 percent. They have seen a rise in positive cases of four since Friday morning, now at 328 with 255 recovered and six deaths. Calhoun County is also reporting in the 10 percent range at 10.7 percent. They have seen an increase of four positive cases over the weekend, now at 1,132 with 885 recovered and eight deaths. Greene is reporting an 11 percent positivity rate, but one more coronavirus-related death, bringing their total to six. They have seen an increase of eight positive cases, now at 585 with 418 recovered. Guthrie County is at 15.2 percent, up three cases to 843 with 618 recovered and 22 deaths. Carroll County is at 16.8 percent and up 28 since Friday with 2,162 positive cases, 1,719 recovered and 22 deaths. Sac County is at 17.4 percent and up nine with 971positives, 665 recovered a
SIOUX CITY The Siouxland District Health Department on Saturday reported that Woodbury County s COVID-19 positivity rate and the number of new infections increased during the past week, possibly a consequence of Thanksgiving gatherings.Â
The percentage of virus tests coming back positive in the county rose to 14.6 percent for the week ended Dec. 6, up 1.6 percent from the week prior, according to a weekly COVID-19 status report from Siouxland District Health. (The Iowa Department of Public Health has reported higher positivity rates for the county, though its data is calculated differently.)
The total number of new infections for that week was a reported 487, up from the 423 reported in the week prior. The number of coronavirus tests conducted in both of those weeks declined somewhat from the over-4,000 that were being taken during each of the first three weeks of November.Â