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COVID-19 has now killed more than 5,500 people in Iowa since the virus appeared in the state last March.

Iowa reported 217 new COVID-19 cases and one confirmed death in the 24-hour period that ended at 11 a.m. Monday, marking the lowest number of new cases reported since August.

Iowa reported only 395 new COV1D-19 cases in a 24-hour period ending Sunday morning - but that was based on the fewest number of test results recorded on a Sunday in nearly 10 months.

Mon., February 01, 2021 Be sure to subscribe to The Gazette Daily news podcast, or just tell your Amazon Alexa enabled device to “enable The Gazette Daily News skill" so you can get your daily briefing by simply saying “Alexa, what’s the news?" If you prefer podcasts, you can also find us on iTunes. This is John McGlothlen with the Gazette digital news desk and I’m here with your update for Monday, February 1st. The Cedar Rapids area received between 5 to 7 inches of snowfall through Sunday afternoon, according to local weather spotters. Today will be mostly cloudy, with a hig...

By John McGlothlen, The Gazette Iowa’s COVID-19 death toll took its bleakest leap ever Sunday when public health officials reported they confirmed another 250 deaths from the disease — bringing the state’s total so far to 4,901. Data released Sunday morning does not show over what length of time the newly confirmed COVID-19 deaths occurred, but the Associated Press reported the deaths included many from December and January. Yet the new addition by itself is more than the total number of COVID-19 deaths recorded in Iowa in six of the roughly 10 months since the first one was reporte...