Des Moines, Ia- Fourteen counties in northeast Iowa — classified as “region 6” on a map developed by the Iowa Department of Public Health, are under new restrictions.
Governor Reynolds signed a proclamation that limits social, community, recreational, leisure, and sporting gatherings in RMCC Region 6 to only people who live together in the same household.
And it continues to limit weddings, funerals, and other spiritual or religious gatherings to no more than 10 people. The proclamation also requires people to remain six feet away from people outside their household whenever possible and requires employers to take reasonable steps to increase telework and adopt reasonable precautions to protect the health of employees and the public at any in-person operations.
The counties in Region 6 are Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Grundy, Howard, Jones, Linn and Winneshiek counties.
