Waterloo and other towns across Iowa are putting proactive measures in place to quell the spread of COVID-19. Disruptions to school, work, and major public gatherings are already manifesting and it’s important to stay up to date on what’s happening in the Waterloo, IA community.

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Iowa COVID-19 Cases

Iowa New Coronavirus Cases:
Iowa Total Coronavirus Cases: 1,058,274
Iowa New Coronavirus Deaths:
Iowa Total Coronavirus Deaths: 10,797

U.S. New Coronavirus Cases: 1,648
U.S. Total Coronavirus Cases: 107,184,620
U.S. New Coronavirus Deaths: 8
U.S. Total Coronavirus Deaths: 1,166,662

Last updated June 10, 2023

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Coronavirus News for Waterloo

Iowa mayor has been sounding the alarm on coronavirus for almost a month - CNN

Waterloo, Iowa, Mayor Quentin Hart was already fighting to get his state to impose stricter measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic when he heard about a potential outbreak at the local Tyson ... More info »

CNN - 04/16/2020 12:00pm

Coronavirus in Iowa: Tyson reopening Waterloo plant where workers sickened - The Des Moines Register

WATERLOO, Ia. — Tyson Foods will begin limited operation Thursday of its huge pork processing plant in Waterloo, more than two weeks after closing the facility because of a coronavirus outbreak ... More info »

Des Moines Register - 05/05/2020 12:00pm

Workers, officials say too little too late after Tyson closes Waterloo pork plant: ‘All they talked about was production’ - CNN

After more than a week of public pressure, Tyson announced Wednesday morning it will “indefinitely suspend operations” at its Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant that employs 2,800 people. More info »

CNN - 04/22/2020 01:05pm

Here's how many coronavirus tests have been done at Waterloo's Test Iowa site - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

WATERLOO — It’s been nearly three months since the state of Iowa set up a Test Iowa coronavirus testing site in the Crossroads Mall parking lot in Waterloo. In that time, nearly 11,000 tests ... More info »

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier - 07/23/2020 04:30am

How the History of Waterloo, Iowa, Explains How Meatpacking Plants Became Hotbeds of COVID-19 - ProPublica

This spring, Waterloo, Iowa, became the site of one of the largest — if not the largest — COVID-19 workplace outbreaks in the United States. More info »

ProPublica - 12/20/2020 08:01pm