While many of us grappled with downed trees and debris cleanup over the weekend, the number of coronavirus cases leapt to a total of 52,539…that is 1,731 more than we reported at noon on Friday.

213 of those new cases were in Story County, 42 in Marshall County and ten in Jasper County.

11 more fatalities associated with COVID reported for 975, one of those in jasper County where the total is 28.