Nursing Home Resident Reinfected With COVID-19

State health officials have ruled that a Dubuque nursing home resident has been reinfected with COVID-19 — the first such known instance in Dubuque County, according to local health leaders. During a meeting of the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors on Monday, Sunnycrest Manor interim Administrator Tammy Freiburger announced that the Iowa Department of Public Health is classifying one of the Dubuque facility’s residents as a “reinfection” case. Freiburger also said the resident — like all residents and staff at long-term-care facilities, per federal rules — was tested weekly and found to be negative, week after week, between positive tests. As to how this happened to the resident, Freiburger said that different people produce and maintain antibodies at different rates.