Miscellaneous
The coronavirus continues to spread in Iowa. Another 11 people with COVID-19 have died, and there have been nearly an additional 705 confirmed cases, the state reported Friday, according to the state's Coronavirus.Iowa.gov website. There have been 865 deaths because of the coronavirus in Iowa. Polk and Woodbury Counties continue to have the highest number of cases of the virus. Woodbury County has tallied 3612 cases and 47 deaths, and no new deaths or cases yet today. Nebraska had accounted for 25,766 cases: cases and 328 deaths. Dakota County had 1,868 cases and 42 deaths. South Dakota had tallied 8,685 cases: and 129 deaths. Union County has recorded three deaths and Yankton County two. Public health directors from ten Iowa counties have issued a letter to Gov. Kim Reynolds, urging her to mandate the use of cloth face coverings to slow the spread of COVID-19. The letter was sent to the governor on Wednesday. It quotes CDC director Robert Redfield who has called cloth face coverings