Five people in the No Coast Network listening area have died from coronavirus over the past week.  Two of the deaths were in Jasper County, with one each in Mahaska, Wapello and Marion Counties.  In all, 39 people in Iowa died from COVID-19 over the week ending Wednesday (9/1)….with a pandemic total of 6307 dead.  And the number of positive tests for coronavirus continues to rise.  Statewide there were another 8308 new positive tests over the past week for a pandemic total of 408,390.  There were 120 new positive tests in Marion County, 88 in both Wapello and Jasper Counties, 69 in Mahaska County, 41 in Poweshiek County, 26 new positive tests in Keokuk County and 15 in Monroe County.  Data from the Iowa Department of Public Health shows 22 percent of the positive tests over the last week were to children 17 and younger and 20 percent were to people in their late teens and 20s.