The number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are on the way down in Woodbury County. But local officials say people still need to take the novel coronavirus seriously. Siouxland District Health reported ten new cases on Monday and a 14-day test positivity rate of 13.3%. That’s down more than three percentage points from a week ago. Sioux City’s two hospitals are treating 42 patients, that’s a decrease of about 9% from last Monday and substantially less than the record-high of 108 patients set on December 1st. Credit Siouxland District Health There were 200 new cases reported in one week and two deaths for a total of almost 13,000 positive cases and 175 deaths. This means about 13 percent of Woodbury County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 with a fatality rate of about .17 for people who have contracted the virus.