Quad-Cities covid numbers continue to skyrocket, as Genesis Health Systems reports its latest numbers, and logs a record high for a month. December 2021 was the highest month over the past year, and the second-highest month overall for COVID-19 hospital admissions since the start of the pandemic. In December 356 patients were admitted with COVID-19. The highest number of admissions was Nov. 2020 with 501. Since the start of the pandemic, 3,060 patients have been hospitalized with COVID-19 at Genesis Medical Centers. Hundreds more have been treated as outpatients. Testing site (Lombard Street... Read More

BREAKING NEWS: The omicron covid variant has begun ripping through Iowa, with the number of confirmed cases leaping across seven counties, as for the third week in a row covid numbers have soared across the state, prompting some to wonder if new restrictions including mask mandates and remote learning for schools may be on the way. Omicron has now infected people in Black Hawk, Jefferson, Johnson, Linn, Polk, Scott and Story counties, according to the latest numbers from the Iowa Department of Public Health. The total number of confirmed infections has gone from one to almost two dozen in a little... Read More