The death count related to the rona has jumped by 17 since midday yesterday to 1,341. Two additional deaths reported in Jasper County and one in Grundy County.

725 new confirmed cases this morning lifts the number to 88,234 to date. 20 of those new cases in Story County, 8 in Tama County and five in Grundy County. Four each reported in Jasper and Hardin County, two new reports in Marshall County.