Thursday 28th March 2024

Iowa’s most populous county and host of this month’s Iowa State Fair now has a high level of coronavirus transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control.  Polk County officials are urging all residents to resume wearing masks in public indoor spaces and to get vaccinated. Polk County Board of Supervisors Chair Angela Connolly says the county’s vaccination rate is still too low to prevent the spread of variants.

According to the C-D-C, 75 of Iowa’s 99 counties are experiencing a high or substantial spread of the coronavirus. Among those counties are Marshall, Story and Jasper counties.