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At 10 a.m. Friday, Iowa reported another 740 cases of COVID-19 and 27 additional COVID-19-related deaths including another in Johnson County since the state s tally at 10 a.m. Thursday, according to Coronavirus.Iowa.gov.
Officials report a total of 5,223 people with COVID-19 have died from the disease across the state, including 68 in Johnson County. The death reported Friday was the third this week and the 21st so far this year. The county s first was reported April 4.
Deaths reported are not deaths that have occurred within the past 24 hours, but only represent deaths that were added to the IDPH dashboard within the past 24 hours. It often takes more than a week or even two or three for a death to be added to the IDPH dashboard after a person has died.