Allamakee County experiences first full week without any new confirmed cases of COVID-19
For the first time since COVID-19 cases began to be officially reported for Allamakee County in mid-March, there were no new cases for an entire Monday-to-Monday week’s timeframe this past week for the county, according to public health reports. In fact, the absence of any new confirmed cases actually stretches beyond this past full week’s timeframe to Thursday, May 28, an 11-day stretch of no new cases being confirmed in Allamakee County by public health officials.
A new case had been initially reported Sunday, May 31 for the county, but was removed from the Allamakee County total the next day following further investigation into the actual county of residence for that individual. The past week’s timeframe of no new cases comes during a week where 111 tests were reported as being conducted, with 144 tests reported dating back to that May 28 date when the last positive case had been reported for Allamakee County.
Although the State of Iowa reporting website, www.coronavirus.iowa.gov, has had Allamakee County listed at 120 total cases since that May 28 date, Allamakee County Public Health officials say there are several cases where county of residence is still being confirmed and will likely result in a further reduction in total cases for the county.
Allamakee County Public Health is reporting the Allamakee County case total at 117 cases, with nearly 100 of those cases considered as recovered and the remaining positive cases likely to be moved from “active-recovering at home” to “recovered” status later this week.
Despite the positive trend of no new confirmed positive cases for Allamakee County, local public health officials say that news should not mean that any mitigation and prevention measures should be let up at this point. With summer activities and events beginning to return, public health officials say the precautions put in place are necessary in order for the current case trend to continue and, thus, for the events and activities to be able to take place as well.
