Gov. Kim Reynolds late last month signed legislation that protects workers who decline to get the COVID-19 vaccine on medical and religious grounds, as well as employees who were terminated for their refusal.
There were 17 deaths with diabetes mellitus listed as the underlying cause reported in Iowa during the week ending September 18, a 29.2 percent decrease from the previous week.
There were less than 10 deaths with influenza and pneumonia listed as the underlying cause reported in Iowa during the week ending September 18, a decrease from the previous week.
The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for November 2021 in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls metropolitan statistical area was 85,500, a 2.7 percent decrease from the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.