585 positive cases and 15 deaths reported by the Iowa Department of Public Health

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Gabby Lucas

An additional 585 positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Iowa by the Iowa Department of Public Health, making for a total of 43,778 cases.

Among those testing positive, a total of 31,741 have recovered.

15 additional deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the statewide death toll to 854.

In Story County, fifteen more positive cases have been reported, for a total of 1,076 cases. Two more deaths have been reported in Story County, bringing the county’s death toll to 13.