All data is downloaded and updated from Iowa’s COVID-19 in Iowa website at 10:30AM and 10:30PM each day.
Active Infections
The State of Iowa counts Iowans as “recovered” when they have displayed no fever for 3 consecutive days and have had a decrease in other symptoms. Recovered does not mean that all symptoms are gone nor is the person ready to return to life as usual. Many COVID-19 patients can experience post-viral illness for days to months after contracting the infection. The calculation for the above graph is:
Active Infections = Total Positives – (Total Recoveries + Total Deaths)
That means that there might well be more people actively infected in the state and in individual counties than is shown in the graph. On 6/29/2020 the State of Iowa recovered 5158 Iowans. This has been explain as a “data cleanup,” which means that Iowans might have recovered prior to that date but were not properly noted in the data. On 6/30/2020, the State of Iowa announced via an unannounced press conference that a positive is considered recovered if they have be deemed positive for 28 days and had neither been hospitalized nor able to be contacted.
Interactive Map of Iowa
This map contains basic information and phone numbers for county public health departments. Click on a county to open its unique webpage, full of graphs for both daily and cumulative COVID-19 tracking.
Statewide Snapshot
| wdt_ID | Date | Time | 24-Hour Positivity % | 24-Hour Positives | 24-Hour Recoveries | 24-Hour Deaths | Cumulative Positivity % | Cumulative Positives | Cumulative Recoveries | Cumulative Deaths | Iowa's Average Case Fatality Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 07/04/2020 | 10:30 PM | 8.02 | 627 | 230 | 0 | 9.42 | 31,061 | 24,620 | 721 | 2.85 |
| Date | Time | 24-Hour Positivity % | 24-Hour Positives | 24-Hour Recoveries | 24-Hour Deaths | Cumulative Positivity % | Cumulative Positives | Cumulative Recoveries | Cumulative Deaths | Iowa's Average Case Fatality Rate |