Iowa has had 60 people die from COVID-19 as of Thursday, and four of those have been in Washington County. In her daily press conference Thursday, Governor Kim Reynolds announced 49% of deaths in Iowa have been residents of long-term care facilities. According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, the state has had 2,141 confirmed cases of the upper respiratory virus and of those 987 people have recovered.

Washington County has had 106 confirmed cases and 67 of those have recovered. In total, 458 Washington County residents have been tested so far.

Washington County Emergency Management Coordinator Marissa Reisen reminds people how to protect themselves, their families, and their neighbors, “Just continue to stay home as much as possible. If you have to go out, only have one person going out to get your supplies and limit those trips to once a week, if possible. Keep washing your hands. I know mine are feeling the pain from all the washing, but we’ve got to keep the germs at bay by continuing good hand hygiene, and always cover coughs and sneezes.”

Overall, 20,675 people in Iowa have been tested. Reynolds said the state is continuing to ramp up testing, including at nursing facilities and meat-processing plants. Reynolds announced Test Iowa, an initiative to have large-scale testing and contact tracing. She said Test Iowa will enable officials to take and process 3,000 tests per day on top of current testing. Reynolds said she’ll announce details next week on Test Iowa.