There were eight more COVID-19 related deaths in Dubuque County in one week, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health, as well as five more deaths in the tri-state area. There was one new related death in Jo Daviess County, Ill.; one each in Jackson and Jones counties in Iowa; and one each in Grant and Iowa counties in Wisconsin. Dubuque County had 435 more COVID-19 cases between Feb. 2 and 9, a significant drop over the increase of more than 1,000 a week earlier.















