Black Hawk County Public Health

Black Hawk County Health Department press brief at 3:00 pm March 18th, from the Emergency Operations Center with a COVID-19 update.

Black Hawk County Health Department press brief at 11 am from the Emergency Operations Center with a COVID-19 update.

The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of six additional positive cases of Iowans with COVID-19, for a total of 29 positive cases. According to IDPH, three individuals are residents of Johnson County; the other three are residents of Adair, Blackhawk and Dallas Counties.

In response to COVID-19, Black Hawk County is opening the Emergency Operations Center. This decision is due to the rapidly changing nature of COVID-19. The function of the EOC is to share information and recommendations from disease experts, monitor response activities, and coordinate resources as necessary across the county.

Gov. Reynolds issued a State of Public Health Disaster Emergency activating the public health response and recovery aspects of the State Disaster Emergency Plan effective at noon today, March 17th.

The Black Hawk County Health Department will be holding a joint press conference at 3:00 pm today at the Emergency Management Office in Waterloo.

Black Hawk County Prepares for COVID-19 Governor Kim Reynolds confirmed Saturday March 14, 2020 at 8:30pm there is now community spread of COVID-19 in the state after an 18th Iowan tested positive for the virus. The new case is an older adult (61-80 years) in Dallas County.

The Black Hawk County Health Department is continuing to monitor the COVID-19 outbreak. There are no confirmed cases in Black Hawk County. In partnership with EMBARC, here is an update on the latest information in 7 different languages: Spanish, Karenni, French, Karen, Burmese, Lingala, and Swahili.