Spike of Cases in Cerro Gordo County

Cerro Gordo county's sizable spike in the number of coronavirus cases has happened in just the last 24 hours.

Jumped to 55 new cases.

Cerro gordo county's sizeable spike in the number of coronavirus cases has happened in just the last 24 hours.

To what can we attribute this increase?

Kimt news 3's nick kruszalnicki is live in mason city with a possible explanation.

Nick?

George and amy ?

"* the state of iowa is including a different type of testing when they are reporting case results.

According to the iowa department of public health ?

*- they are now listing results from antigen tests in their case count totals.

Antigen screenings for covid?

"*19 are also known as the 'rapid?

"* result' tests ?

"* they can provide a positive or negative result in just minutes.

The regular method of testing ?

"* known as p?

"*c?

"*r, is the mo traditional test for the virus.

Those tests take a couple of days to get results.

The state says including results from antigen tests will give iowans a better picture of the infection rate.

Previously ?

"* cases which were detected with the antigen method were listed as 'inconclusive.'

The state still claims it has resulted in a minimal change in the positivity rate in iowa.

Thanks nick.

From thursday morning until this afternoon ?*- cerro gordo county has racked up 64 new positive cases of covid?