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[����vlog CAPTIONING IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE IOWA CLINIC] >> THIS IS IOWA’S NEWS LEADER, ����vlog 8 NEWS AT NOON. ALYX: I WHAT IS RANKED AND POSITIVITY RATE ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE. IT DESIGNATES IOWA IN THE RED ZONE. ALL BUT THREE STATES -- THREE OF THE STATE COUNTIES ARE IN THE RED ZONE. THE MOST RECENT TRENDS SHOWING STEEP INCLINES ACROSS ALL INDICATORS, NEED IMMEDIATE ACTION INCLUDING MASK REQUIREMENTS TO DECREASE SEVERITY IN MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY AMONG IOWANS. KIM REYNOLDS OF THE WEEK TO ADDRESS THE OUTBREAK. MARCUS MCINTOSH WAS THERE. WHAT WAS HER MESSAGE ABOUT TODAY? MARCUS: FROM -- GOVERNOR REYNOLDS’S MESSAGE SEEM TO BE CLEAR -- THAT TESTING IS VITAL. TO 4040 A DAY. ALL SCHOOLED STRICT WAIVERS TO GO ONLINE HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. THE CURVE IS GOING TO TAKE A TEAM FROM THE STATE, HEALTH CARE, AND THE COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER. HERE’S WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAID WHEN SHE WAS ASKED WHY IOWA CONTINUES TO RANK SO HIGH ON THE TASK FORCE REPORTS. >> THERE IS COMMUNITY SPREAD AND IT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE. WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT. MITIGATION EFFORTS. THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING A SIGNIFICANT PSA CAMPAIGN. THAT IS WHY I’VE REACHED OUT TO INDIVIDUALS TO HELP US SPREAD THE WORD AND ASK IOWANS TO STEP UP AND STEP IN. HELP US CONTROL THIS VIRUS. MARCUS: WHILE TEST IOWA WILL BE ABLE TO TEST UP TO 4040 IOWANS A DAY, IT WILL BE ABOUT 6000 IOWANS WHO CAN BE TESTED EACH DAY FOR THE VIRUS. FIND OUT WHERE THOSE TESTS WILL BE GIVEN, TUNE IN TONIGHT AT 5:00 AND 6:00. ALYX AS MARCUS MENTIONED, THE I WOULD DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCED IT HAS APPROVED MORE THAN A DOZEN REQUESTS FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR ONLINE WAIVERS THIS WEEK. THAT INCLUDES NAMES -- AMES’S STUDENTS K-EIGHT. THEY WILL BE REMOTE THROUGH NOVEMBER 25. WEST DES MOINES WAS APPROVED TO BEGIN MONDAY AND MARSHALLTOWN SCHOOLS WERE APPROVED TO MOVE VIRTUAL. IOWA CONTINUES TO SET DAILY RECORDS FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19. TODAY, THAT RECORD IS 1208. HOSPITALIZATIONS AS TICKED HIGHER ALMOST EVERY DAY. THERE ARE TWO TO 15 PATIENTS IN THE ICU, A NEW RECORD -- 215 PATIENTS IN THE ICU, A NEW RECORD. THE POSITIVITY RATE SPIKE TO 22.1%. ABOUT ONE IN FIVE IOWANS GETTING TESTED FOR THE VIRUS IS TESTING POSITIVE. SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN IN MARCH, MORE THAN 1900 IOWANS HAVE DIED WITH COVID-19. 170,000 HAVE TESTED POSITIVE