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The Iowa Department of Public Health shows no new deaths due to complications of COVID-19. There were 146 new cases including four new cases in Woodbury County in a 24-hour period. The 14-day test positivity rate locally is 6.2%. That is down almost one percent in one week.
Credit Siouxland District Health
A person “associated with” the Iowa Senate has tested positive for the coronavirus.
According to an email from the secretary of the senate, that person was last in the Iowa Capitol on Wednesday and tested positive Saturday.
This is the ninth positive test publicly reported since the legislative session started in January, and the second associated with the Iowa Senate. The other seven were linked to the House.