(Des Moines)– The Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court has issued an order ending the mask requirement in courtrooms beginning Monday (Feb 14). The mask requirement was implemented as the pandemic took hold – then was dropped for a time – and then reinstated again with rising cases of the COVID Delta variant.
The Iowa Department of Public Health reports COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped for the third straight week. There were 617 people in Iowa hospitals compared to nearly 800 last week. The 14-day test positivity rate has reportedly dropped from 20 percent to 16 percent.
