A recent report shows that Webster County is Iowa's top spot for COVID-19 cases. | Pixabay
A recent report shows that Webster County is Iowa's top spot for COVID-19 cases. | Pixabay
Webster County is officially the state’s top hot spot for COVID-19 cases, The Center Square reported.
As of July 20, the area has 63.3 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people each day.
While Webster County is the highest, five other counties have been considered a red risk level as they have more than 25 new cases for every 100,000 people daily, based on a report from the Harvard Global Health Institute, the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and Rockefeller Foundation. Other counties in the red are Cerro Gordo, Dubuque, Dickinson, Polk and Black Hawk.
Areas with 10 to 24 new cases per 100,000 people are in the orange while those with one to nine cases per 100,000 people are in the yellow. The green risk level is for less than one case per 100,000 people.
The risk levels help determine various guidelines like stay-at-home orders.
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