Community Health & Human Services of Faribault & MARTIN COUNTIES

Update 8/30/20 – We have 4 new COVID-19 laboratory confirmed cases to report today.

Martin County: 2 cases

One case reported yesterday (21 year old) was found to reside out of county, and was removed from our list.

Case 229: 62 year old, isolating and recovering at home

Case 230: 18 year old, isolating and recovering at home

MARTIN COUNTY HAS 230 CONFIRMED CASES. 12 ACTIVE. 212 RECOVERED.

Faribault County: 2 cases

Case 113: 1 year old, isolating and recovering at home

Case 114: 37 year old, isolating and recovering at home

FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS 114 CONFIRMED CASES. 12 ACTIVE. 102 RECOVERED.

WATONWAN COUNTY HAS AT LAST REPORT 420 CONFIRMED CASES OF TEH CORONAVIRUS. 24 ACTIVE. 2 CURRENTLY KNOWN HOSPITALIZED. 392 CASES OUT OF ISOLATION.

On Sunday, the state’s online virus tracker said there had been 64,208 coronavirus cases and 1,113 deaths linked to the virus in Iowa since the pandemic began.

The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Iowa has risen over the past two weeks from 501.43 new cases per day on Aug. 15 to 859.14 new cases per day on Aug. 29.

The numbers on Iowa’s online coronavirus tracker varied widely this weekend because of a maintenance problem with the site.

The Iowa Department of Public Health reported Saturday morning that 1,108 Iowans had died from COVID-19. Later in the day, the number of deaths fell to 894 before rebounding Saturday evening to 1,109.

Several other key statistics also fluctuated on the state website Saturday. For instance, the number of cases of coronavirus dropped from 63,122 to 51,183 before being restored after 9 p.m. Saturday.

Department of Public Health spokeswoman Amy McCoy told the Des Moines Registe r by email late Saturday that the problem appeared to be fixed.