Data from state health and education departments released Friday indicate the virus is circulating in schools and nursing homes. It also shows 3,372 educators testing positive. The state also reports 50 nursing homes in Iowa have an outbreak of the virus, with more than 1,000 residents testing positive currently. The health department also reported an additional 11 COVID-19-related deaths over two days to bring the pandemic total to 632. Deaths continued to represent about 1.1% of the reported cases.

Source: Daily Sun September 25, 2020 20:03 UTC