COVID-19 testing locations
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Morgan County
Location: Drive-through testing site located at Dunlap Court and Morgan Street.
Details: No appointment necessary. Photo ID and insurance card requested but not required.
Location: Brown County Health Department, 120 E. Main St. 217-773-2714
Details: Testing eligibility determined by telephone screening.
Location: Cass County Health Department, 8590 St. Luke’s Drive. 217-323-2182
Virginia
Location: Cass County Health Department, 331 S. Main St. 217-452-3057
Details: Testing by appointment only and is limited to those who live or work in Cass County. Schedules subject to change.
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.
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Dr. Edward Rivers has announced his upcoming March 5 retirement from the Scott County Health Department.
Credit: Scott County Health Department Author: Connor Day Updated: 5:13 PM CST March 1, 2021
A top-ranking local health official announced a quickly-approaching retirement in a press release from Friday, February 26.
Dr. Edward Rivers, director of the Scott County Health Department, announced that he is vacating the position on Friday, March 5 after 10 years of service.
“The staff of Scott County Health Department are the most dedicated, motivated, and skilled team with whom I have been privileged to work,” said Rivers. “Although I will be sad to leave all my colleagues here, I depart with the assurance that the department has an extremely competent and driven leadership and staff who will provide the continuity needed.”
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