A late-night posting of Iowa’s COVID-19 hospitalization data shows numbers skyrocketing just as the state’s biggest event of the year kicks off. The Iowa State Fair, which runs Aug. 12-22, 2021, has attracted more than 1 million visitors in recent years, with the exception of 2020, when it was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. […]
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Iowa hits grim milestone in COVID-19 dea...
Iowa reached a grim COVID-19 milestone on Saturday, May 15, 2021, with 6,000 deaths reported since the pandemic began. Of those, 2,335 deaths are tied to outbreaks at Iowa long-term care facilities. As of May 15, just one nursing home reported an outbreak: Risen Son Christian Village in Council Bluffs, in western Iowa, which reported […]
Delete 2020: A year in review that no on...
No one can be blamed for wanting to delete 2020. Instead of looking for the silver lining, let’s just take it for what it was with this look back on the year many of us would like to erase. The year was already off to a sad start for residents in southeast Cedar Rapids, whose […]
Coronavirus deaths spike as Iowa changes...
UPDATE Dec. 9, 2020: Just one day after changing its method of reporting COVID-19 deaths, Iowa has surpassed 3,000 deaths during the pandemic. As of 10:30 a.m. Dec. 9, the state reported 3,021 Iowans have died of the virus, up 102 from the previous day, with 2,768 listing COVID-19 as the underlying cause and 253 […]
Halloween activities to proceed as COVID...
Further UPDATES Oct. 31, 2020: Iowa has set additional records, with 630 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, and 81 nursing home outbreaks, up from 76 outbreaks on Oct. 30, both surpassing previous highs. The 2,834 new confirmed cases bring Iowa’s total to 127,445 positive cases as of 11 a.m. and represent another record for the state. […]
Messages offer hope in signs of the time...
In these exceptionally trying times, as social distancing is encouraged and isolation becomes the norm, tiny signs of hope are emerging. Whether hand-written messages in business windows or chalk drawings on neighborhood sidewalks, Iowans are extending support to each other in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Related: Residents of Cedar Rapids nursing home test […]