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Iowa Posts New High for Coronavirus Cases in a 24-Hour Period; MercyOne Announcement

MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center says it will discontinue obstetrics services effective Sept. 1

The Sioux City hospital said in that the decision was made after a thorough review process and examination, and will allow MercyOne to make continued investments to expand other health care services and programs not currently offered in the region.

Iowa hit a new high today for new coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period.  830 new Coronavirus have been confirmed since yesterday morning. with a total 36, 886 cases.  There were 18 new deaths from the virus, which is the largest one-day total since June 2. 

In Woodbury County, there has been one new death due to COVID-19. The county’s coronavirus death toll is 46. It was the second day in a row Woodbury County recorded a COVID-19-related death. There were 14 new cases of the virus reported today in Woodbury County. 

South Dakota reported 80 more cases reported today and two more deaths.   

In Nebraska, there are 262 new cases of COVID 19 and five new deaths. 

The number of new and continuing unemployment claims both increased in the last week.

Iowa Workforce Development says the first-time claims for unemployment hit 11,125 in the last week. That’s up by 1,195 and that's after U.S. Labor Department adjusted the previously reported number for the prior week down by 741.

The number of continuing claims was up by 2,820, after the Labor Department adjusted the claims for the previous week done by 926.

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