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Iowa Still In COVID-19 'Red Zone' According To New White House Report

Iowa Public Radio | By Katarina Sostaric
Published October 8, 2020 at 2:17 PM CDT
A sign directs traffic to a Test Iowa COVID-19 testing site at Waukee South Middle School, Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in Waukee, Iowa. Iowa state Auditor Rob Sand said Tuesday that a coronavirus testing program brought to the state under a $28 million no-bid contract by Gov. Kim Reynolds on recommendation from actor Ashton Kutcher is violating state law in the indirect way it handles test results data.
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The latest White House COVID-19 Task Force report says Iowa has the nation's sixth-highest coronavirus positivity rate.

The White House's COVID-19 Task Force report for Iowa dated the week of Oct. 4 shows Iowa is still in the red zone, with more than 101 new cases per 100,000 people. Polk, Woodbury and Dubuque counties had the highest number of new cases, according to the report.

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Katarina Sostaric
Katarina Sostaric is IPR's State Government Reporter, with expertise in state government and agencies, state officials and how public policy affects Iowans' lives. She's covered Iowa's annual legislative sessions, the closure of state agencies, and policy impacts on family planning services and access, among other topics, for IPR, NPR and other public media organizations. Sostaric is a graduate of the University of Missouri.
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