(Spirit Lake)- Two counties in Northwest Iowa are reporting the highest positive rates for COVID-19 in the state.
Dickinson County has the dubious distinction of leading all 99 counties. Plymouth and Dickinson counties are two of four Iowa counties that are reporting double-digit positivity rates over the last week.
The positivity rate in Dickinson County is 14-percent, with fully half of the new cases coming from the 18-to-29 and 80-plus age groups.
The positivity rate in Plymouth County is 10 percent.
Public health officials report more than one-fourth of Iowa’s positive cases last week were confirmed in the 18-to-29 age group.
