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Governor defends rally as Iowa's virus death toll tops 1,500

by David Pitt
| October 15, 2020 2:03 PM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa set another record Thursday for people being treated in hospitals for COVID-19, but Gov. Kim Reynolds said the health care system was managing well and there was no need for new actions to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

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