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Six of Johnson County’s 22 COVID-19 cases have recovered, no new cases reported as of Friday
Mar. 20, 2020 10:25 pm
IOWA CITY - Six of the 22 people in Johnson County who tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered.
The recovery of the patients - who are no longer considered infectious and are under the same public recommendations as the general public - was announced in a press release by the county Friday evening. Additionally, there were no new positive cases of COVID-19 in Johnson County on Friday.
County public health officials recommend that those who are ill stay home and isolate until:
' You have had no fever for at least three days without the use of fever-reducing medicine
' Other symptoms have been improved, such as cough or shortness of breath
' Seven days have passed since symptoms first appeared
Anyone who is mildly ill with COVID-19 can recover at home, the county said.
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Francoise Gourronc of Iowa City shops at New Pioneer Co-Op in Coralville on Friday, March 20, 2020. Gourronc, a virologist in the University of Iowa's Department of Microbiology and Immunology, says she is not ill but wore a mask out shopping. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
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