Scott County reports 324 new COVID-19 cases over 24 hours

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Scott County reported 324 new COVID-19 cases between 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. Thursday, according to Iowa’s coronavirus website.

That brings the total number of cases to 7,444 cases. The county’s 14-day positivity rate was 24.6% as of 10:30 a.m. The numbers of deaths stand at 54.

The state website, which reports the data in real-time, showed 53,073 Scott County residents have been tested and 3,962 have recovered.

Brooke Barnes, public information officer for the Scott County Health Department, said Thursday “the numbers we have seen in the last three to five days have been the highest we have seen to date by far.”

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

County	New Cases (Since Wednesday)	Total Cases	14-Day Positivity Rate	Total Tested	Total Recovered	Total Deaths
Clinton	76	2,294	27.9%	13,554	1,307	33
Muscatine	57	2,103	23.5%	13,449	1,246	61
Des Moines	24	2,153	21.2%	13,615	1,129	13
Lee	24	1,476	19.6%	9,790	824	14
Henry	33	1,457	20.7%	7,077	953	7
Jackson	25	1,099	31%	5,778	5	5
Cedar	28	768	17.9%	5,730	327	11 (up one from Wednesday)
Louisa	15	688	17.8%	3,590	466	16 (up one from Wednesday)