Covid-19 cases continue to climb in Cerro Gordo County

As cases rise in North Iowa there is cause for concern among health officials.

Out of cerro gordo county.

Kruszalnicki: c?

"* g public health director brian hanft said in today's news conference ?

"* cold weather is keeping more people in doors, which is in turn spreading more cases of covid?

"*19.

"we have days where we're getting more cases coming in in a single day, than what we had for the entire months of march through mid?

"* june."

From jul until today ?

"* the number of covid?

"*19 cases has jumped nearly 750 percent, according to brian hanft.

The total number of cases is sitting at one thousand four hundred forty two.

Also troubling is the fourteen day rolling average ?

"* which is at ten point one percent.

That's almost double the figure on october 13th when it was at five point two percent.

Hanft warns the numbers could spike during the holidays.

"going to large gatherings like that are just not safe.

It's going to lead to continued increasing in numbers and so we're asking for people to really take that into context and keep your holiday parties to immediate family."

Kruszalnicki: hanft also says if you are exposed to a positive case, you need to make sure and stay in quarantine for the entire fourteen day period.

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