The Department of Health Services reported 12,180 new test results, of which 601 -or 4.7 percent- positive. That follows 5.3 percent Monday and 7.1 percent positive Sunday. However, the seven day rolling average of new cases, which is another measure reported by DHS, continues to rise – the average number of cases going from 266 to 475 over the past two weeks. DHS also reported 7 deaths, for a total of 784 lives lost since the start of the pandemic. There were also 39 new hospitalizations.
Locally, Grant County has reported 154 cases. Lafayette County has had 74 cases. Crawford has reported 33 cases. In Iowa County, there have been 31 cases and in Richland County 15 cases have been reported.
In Dubuque County 505 cases have been reported since the pandemic began. Jo Daviess County has had 42 cases reported.
