New data being released by the Iowa Department of Public Health shows how the coronavirus outbreak has had differing impacts on Iowa's 99 counties.
Winneshiek County has a population of 20,401 people and has had five cases of COVID-19 confirmed. Floyd County's population is 15,858, but none of the 76 people who have been tested have been positive for COVID-19.
Allamakee County has a population of 13,880 people, but it has tested 114 people, with 24 of them being confirmed as having COVID-19 and two of those people dying.
What can account for those differences? The Waterloo Courier tried to answer that question a few days ago. Here's their reporting: https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/allamakee-county-among-the-highest-rates-of-coronavirus-infection-in-iowa-but-few-details-why/article_7df1fb5f-6df3-5db1-8318-799aa9e438ca.html