News : COVID-19 numbers for Benton County as the County remains Partially locked down

The Benton County Supervisors decided to continue a partial lockdown of the courthouse until October 6, when they will again discuss the issue. The Recorder and Auditor are open for walk ins, other offices require appointments.

According to the Iowa Coronavirus website, there is good news for Benton County.

The population of Benton County is 25,645.

As of 9/15:

Total number of assessments 27.037

60.78% were women and 39.04% were men

LAST WEEK 25,899

61.04% women and 38.79% men

In Region 6 which includes Benton County (along with 13 other counties), there are:

72 hospitalized LAST WEEK 73

15 in the ICU admitted in the last 24 hours LAST WEEK 13

981 beds available LAST WEEK 1.04 K

132 ICU beds available LAST WEEK 128

172 ventilators available LAST WEEK 165

5 patients on ventilators LAST WEEK 9

Benton County has had a total of 249 cases total LAST WEEK 211

Benton County has had 177 recoveries, leaving 71 active cases

LAST WEEK

147 recoveries and 64 active cases

Total deaths in Benton County remains at 1.

When you hear that Iowa is the most dangerous place in the country, that made me do a bit of fact-checking of my own, check out the "CDC COVID Data Tracker" website, it's not. However, the safest state to live in is Wyoming. The state with the highest death rate would be New Jersey.