Hunter
02/25/22
After the state of Iowa decommissioned its coronavirus data website, a group of newspapers have collaborated to create their own website.
Iowacoviddata.com has been put together by the Iowa Newspaper Association. The Daily Iowan, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Des Moines Register, and Iowa Falls Times Citizen spearheaded the project, which puts all the data and information about the COVID-19 pandemic that was on the now-defunct coronavirus.iowa.gov website.
The website pulls data from the Iowa Department of Public Health and HHS. It provides information about new COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations at the state and county levels, and includes a map that reports new cases per-capita for each county over a previous seven-day period.
The Daily Iowan reports that the number of new COVID-19 cases is likely greater than the state is reporting due to the increase at home tests, which are rarely reported to health departments.
The website will be updated weekly on Wednesdays, coinciding with the state’s release of new data.