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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 2020
Page
1
Neil and Jeanne Bennett of Iowa City recount six months of pandemic struggle after early March infection tied to a trip to Egypt. Neil, 74, became Iowa's first critical care patient and spent five months in hospitals and rehab centers across Eastern Iowa.
Inside Iowa reports eight more deaths from the coronavirus while Georgia experiences a rebound in virus recoveries. A quoted statement from Gwen Bennett reflects on living through the pandemic. The piece presents a timeline of events.
March 2 reports no Iowa cases yet while the first US COVID-19 death had just been reported in Washington three days earlier. The Bennett family arrived at Chicago O’Hare airport exhausted, a fatigue described as extreme and not clearly linked to a virus.
In Iowa City the Hawkeye football absence leaves the Merchants’ venue lacking a home opener crowd and revenue. The Big Grove bar expected pages of Iowa branding and a DJ but settled for Eastern Kentucky vs. Marshall coverage, drawing far fewer fans than a usual game day.
Iowa’s prison system houses 7,406 offenders as of Friday morning, the lowest level in two decades, though still above capacity. The drop allows quarantines and presumptive positive units amid ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks at several facilities including the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville and Mount Pleasant, with 833 offender cases and 126 staff cases since March and four inmate deaths.
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