Officials in Des Moines have made playground equipment in city parks off limits, to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus. City bus routes in Cedar Rapids will be suspected on Wednesday. Iowa hospitals are postponing elective surgeries. And Governor Kim Reynolds is asking Iowans to VOLUNTARILY shelter in place.

The governor of Illinois issued a “shelter in place” ORDER this weekend and Wisconsin’s governor plans to take that step today (Tuesday), but Reynolds says the data about the spread of COVID-19 in Iowa does not indicate that step is necessary.

Reynolds announced Monday that 105 Iowans in 26 counties have tested positive for COVID-19 and seven have been hospitalized. State officials say those numbers are expected to increase as more testing is done.