ALGONA—Two deaths due to the COVID-19 coronavirus have been reported in the past two weeks in Kossuth County.

Data available from the Iowa coronavirus website stated 80 Kossuth County residents have now died from the virus, which was first identified here in spring 2020. The two additional deaths upped December’s death count to three. In December 2020, there were 23 reported deaths, most in any month since the start of the pandemic.