Scott County reports 242 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths over 24 hours

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Scott County reported 242 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths between 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to Iowa’s coronavirus website.

That brings the total number of cases in the county to 7,120 cases and 54 deaths. The 14-day positivity rate as of late Wednesday morning was 23%.

The state website, which reports the data in real-time, also shows that 52,529 Scott County residents have been tested and 3,906 have recovered since the start of the pandemic.

Ed Rivers, director of the Scott County Health Department, said Tuesday “we have seen an explosion of cases over the last week or so” that has the health department concerned.

“In Scott County, recent case counts have been 200–350 per day,” he said during a briefing of the Quad Cities COVID-19 Coalition. “By comparison, there were only 321 cases in the entire month of June.”

A breakdown of other Iowa counties in the TV6 viewing area include:

County	New Cases (Since Tuesday)	Total Cases	14-Day Positivity Rate	Total Tested	Total Recovered	Total Deaths
Clinton	77	2,218	26.2%	13,419	1,298	33 (up two from Tuesday)
Muscatine	80	2,046	22.4%	13,327	1,213	61 (up one from Tuesday)
Des Moines	113	2,129	20.7%	13,553	1,097	13
Lee	67	1,452	19.8%	9,724	816	14
Henry	72	1,424	21.1%	7,008	944	7
Jackson	29	1,074	31.1%	5,735	493	5
Cedar	18	740	17.5%	5,655	319	10
Louisa	23	673	16.8%	3,563	463	15