Ringgold County COVID rate remains among lowest in area

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According to latest statistics compiled by the Iowa Department of Public Health, the percentage of positive cases of COVID-19 in Ringgold County stands at 1.9 percent among those tested over the past seven days. below the 4.4 percent state average.
The county’s 14-day positivity rate came in at 1.5 percent, below the 4.5 percent state average.
All area county percentages remained at r below the state average:
7d 14d

Union 0.8 1.7
Ringgold 1.9 1.5
Clarke 4.9 2.0
Taylor 5.6 3.8
Decatur 6.1 3.9
Adams 9.5 4.9
State 4.9 4.9
The number of new positive cases in the six area counties remained in the single digits over the past seven days:
Ringgold 1
Union 1 Adams 2
Decatur 2
Taylor 3
Clarke 4
Ringgold County continues to rank among the fewest number of positive cases statewide since the beginning of the pandemic a year ago.
At 556 total positive cases, Ringgold County trails Adams County with 341 positive results and Audubon County with 513.
In comparison, totals from surrounding counties include 1,314 in Union, 1,044 in Clarke, 678 in Taylor, and 604 in Decatur.
In Ringgold County, 18 deaths have been directly attributed to COVID-19 with five additional deaths indirectly attributed to COVID-19 since March.
Death tolls in surrounding counties include Union – 32 (26 directly – 6 indirectly), Clarke – 24 (22-2), Taylor – 12 (10-2), Decatur – 9 (9-0), and Adams – 4 (4-0).
In the battle to combat the spread of COVID, the Iowa Department of Public Health has released the latest percentage of area residents who have completed their series of vaccinations, whether single dose or double dose:
percent
Ringgold 29.8
Adams 29.6
Clarke 29.3
Taylor 29.0
Decatur 27.9
Union 24.6
COVID-related statistics are updated daily at the state’s official pandemic website – coronavirus.iowa.gov.