As of yesterday’s official count, 424 cases of Covid-19 in the state of Iowa and the death total is now six. Part of the reason for the big upswing is an outbreak of COVID-19 at a Cedar Rapids nursing home. 21 of Linn County’s state leading 71 cases are at that one facility.

Reynolds says the state of Iowa will receive at least 15 of the new mobile testing machines from Abbott Laboratories that will be able to process tests in five minutes. Reynolds suggests those machines will be deployed to hospitals and some nursing homes.

Reynolds says she’s waiting for the Trump Administration to release details later this week on the president’s “social distancing” guidelines which have been extended until April 30th. As of now, the governor has only recommended that Iowa schools stay closed until Monday, April 13th.