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Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update – April 17, 2020
April 17, 2020
Good morning. We'll go ahead and start with an update on the numbers for today. With 191 new positive cases for a total of 2,323 positive cases. We have no new counties to report today so the total counties remain at 82. We've had 926 negative cases today for a total of 19,460 negative tests and overall tested 21,792. The state hygienic lab has 10,588 tests available. We have 1,007 Iowans that have recovered for a recovery rate of 43%. I’m sorry to report that we have had an additional […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update – April 16, 2020
April 16, 2020
Good morning. We'll go ahead and start this morning's press conference with an update on the numbers. We had 146 new positive cases for a total of 2,141 positive cases. We've had no new counties at it today so the total remains in 82 counties. We had 660 negative cases today for a total of 8,534 negative cases. The State Hygienic Lab has 2,588 tests available. 987 Iowans have recovered for a recovery rate of 46%. I am so sorry to report that we have had seven additional deaths in […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update – April 15, 2020
April 15, 2020
Well, good morning. We'll go ahead and start this morning with an update on the numbers. Today we had 96 new positive cases for a total of 1,995 positive cases. No new counties, so we have 82 total counties. 407 negative cases today for a total of 17,874 negative tests. The State Hygienic Lab has 3,048 tests available. We have 908 Iowans that have recovered for a recovery rate of 46%. And I am sorry to report this morning that we have had four additional deaths, one elderly adult in […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update – April 14, 2020
April 14, 2020
Good morning. First of all, I want to apologize for the delay, we have had a large volume of that's been using the new website and we didn't have the processing power that we needed, so they are working on that and it should be ready to go later this afternoon. So, we'll go ahead and start with an update on the numbers. We had 189 new positive cases today for a total of 1,899 positive cases. We had no new counties, so we stand at 82 total counties in […]
Lori Lightfoot
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Chicago Protests Press Conference - June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020
… Police accountability Chief Administrator Sydney Roberts. We have all been putting in long hours over the last few days, and especially them. We wanted to be here today to make sure that we reinforce for everyone in our city that we have not wavered, we will never wavier, on the road to police reform and accountability. Chicago’s road reform started, really more than four years ago, when I was the president of the Police Accountability Taskforce, following the righteous outcry over the video which revealed the killing of Laquan […]
Kathy Hochul
categories: Announcement Speech, Press Conference, Speeches
Kathy Hochul on Cuomo Resignation - Aug. 11, 2021
August 11, 2021
I spoke with Governor Cuomo yesterday and he pledged his full support for a smooth transition and I thanked him for his service to our state. Regarding his decision to step down, I believe it is appropriate and in the best interest of the state of New York. And while it was not expected, it is a day for which I am prepared. I've already spoken with Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, Speaker Carl Hasty, labor, business, faith leaders, other state elected officials as well as our tri-state governors. […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - April 13, 2020
April 13, 2020
Well, good morning. We'll go ahead and get started this morning with an update on the numbers. We had 113 new positive cases for a total of 1,710 positive cases. We had one new county — Cass County — for a total of 82 counties. We had 981 negative cases today, for a total of 16,986 negative tests and a total of 18,696 tested. The State Hygienic Lab has 3,565 tests available. As of last evening, we have 142 hospitalized, 741 have recovered for a recovery rate of 43%. And […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - April 10, 2020
April 10, 2020
Good morning. We'll go ahead and start with an update on the numbers. Today we have 118 new positive cases for a total of 1,388 positive. We have two new counties — Osceola and Union — for a total of 81 counties. We have 862 negative cases today for a total of 14,565 negative. The State Hygienic Lab has 1,974 tests available. As of last evening, we have a 119 hospitalized, 506 recovered — for a recovery rate of 36%. And I'm very sad to report that we have had […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - April 9, 2020
April 9, 2020
Good morning. First of all, we'll start with an update on the numbers. We had 125 new positive cases for a total of 1,270 positive cases. We had no new counties as of yesterday, so the total number of counties remains at 79. We had 882 negative cases for a total of 13,703 negative cases. We have the capacity to test, at the State Hygienic Lab, of 2,530 tests. We have 115 hospitalized as of yesterday. 476 recovered, for a recovery rate of 38%. And I am sorry to report […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - April 8, 2020
April 8, 2020
Good morning. We'll go ahead and begin with an update on the numbers. So, today we have 97 new positive cases for a total of 1,145 positive cases. We have one new county — Worth County — for a total of 79 counties. We have 1,151 negative cases today for a total of 12,821 negative cases. The State Hygienic Lab has the capacity to test 1,329 individuals. We have a 122 hospitalized as of last evening and we have 431 recovered, which is 38% of all of our positive cases. […]