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16. The New York Times claims Ames and Iowa City have the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the country

Mon Aug 31, 2020, 10:33 AM

Aug 2020

[link:kcci.com/article/nyt-lists-ames-as-largest-covid-19-outbreak-in-us-in-relation-to-population-size/33844104|]

The New York Times claims Ames and Iowa City have the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the country as of this weekend.

According to an article by the New York Times, Ames is listed No. 1 for the most cases in relation to their population in the past two weeks. Ames has had 956 COVID-19 cases with 97,117 residents. Iowa City is listed at No. 3 with 1,489 cases in the past two weeks and 173,105 residents.

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Holy f**king sh*t ... Iowa reports 2,007 new cases in one day [View all] UpInArms Aug 2020 OP

Could be more . . Iliyah Aug 2020 #1

Likely, IMO! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #4

Reality finally comes to Iowa reporting. rurallib Aug 2020 #2

Strugis flow through no doubt berni_mccoy Aug 2020 #3

Exactly my immediate reaction DonaldsRump Aug 2020 #6

My thought as well Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #15

U of Iowa students a TON of that JT45242 Aug 2020 #5

The New York Times claims Ames and Iowa City have the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the country suegeo Aug 2020 #16

I'm seeing different numbers at that link gristy Aug 2020 #7

Not a very hygenically minded populace out there apparently Blues Heron Aug 2020 #8

????? Iowa is Showing 1566 New Cases Not 2007 at the Worldmeters Site. Indykatie Aug 2020 #9

Check the "Now" statistics UpInArms Aug 2020 #11

My site shows 1566. But still, your point stands. Squinch Aug 2020 #10

That spreadsheet is dated Aug 27, today's totals are here... ramblin_dave Aug 2020 #13

Oh, God! I stand corrected. So that's 1566 yesterday and 2114 today (and apparently Squinch Aug 2020 #14

Remember when the NY "cases per capita" number was jaw dropping? Now 6 states have Squinch Aug 2020 #12