Here are updated counts of COVID-19 cases, positivity rates, hospitalizations and deaths from Siouxland counties and states.
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In Iowa, Cherokee County had the highest 14-day positivity rate anywhere in the state at 30.4 percent. Ida County had the third highest rate, 27.2 percent.
Woodbury County, which had a 14-day COVID-19 positivity rate of 18.9 percent, added 55 new cases, but no new deaths on Monday.
The total number of cases in Woodbury County, well over 9,000, is nearly double the figure from just two months ago.
Nearly 9 percent of Siouxlanders have tested positive for the virus since it arrived in March, according to the analysis.
As of Monday, 60 people were hospitalized at Sioux City facilities because of COVID-19; 24 other patients have tested positive for the virus but are hospitalized for other reasons, according to the Siouxland District Health Department.
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Woodbury County is nearly certain to be the fourth in the state to surpass 100 coronavirus deaths.
With 98 recorded deaths so far, Woodbury County is likely to be the first Northwest Iowa county to reach 100 in the coming days.
Yankton recorded 6 inches of snow over 48 hours; Rock Valley tallied five.
More than 55 million people watched Thursday night's debate, according to preliminary Nielsen TV ratings.
Sioux County had the highest positivity rate in Northwest Iowa at 23.3 percent, though it is no longer the highest in the state. Osceola and Plymouth counties were fifth and sixth with 19.2 percent and 19.1 percent, respectively.
Good Friday morning.
The Siouxland District Health also confirmed two additional COVID-19-related deaths, which brought the county's death total to 76.
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The number of positive cases in Woodbury County have gone up by a combined 225 over the last four days, including the largest single-day increase in some time with 87 on Thursday.
The majority of the county's tally of infections -- 89.6 percent -- are now considered recovered, though Woodbury County's positive test rate is above the 2 percent benchmark set by county health officials.
Good Saturday morning.
The deaths included the first confirmed in Yankton County, South Dakota, and Clay County, Iowa.
Approximately 435 people in the county are still dealing with an active infection, according to state data. This is down slightly from the tally a week ago of 442.
SIOUX CITY -- An additional nine people in Woodbury County have tested positive for the novel coronavirus as of Saturday.
MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center and UnityPoint Health -- St. Luke's said they were caring for a combined 29 patients for COVID-19-related illnesses on Thursday, down from Wednesday's count of 34.
Of the 3,066 people in the county who have tested positive for the virus in Woodbury County since March, only about 442 of them are currently dealing with an active virus, after taking the county's 42 deaths into account.
At 39, the number of individuals hospitalized in Sioux City for the virus has continued its steady decline. In Northwest Iowa, 21 COVID-19 patients were in the ICU Thursday, with 12 on ventilators. These figures have also been declining.
