SIOUX CITY, IA- The Sioux City, Iowa, metropolitan area -- including Dakota County in Nebraska, tucked on the bluffs of the Missouri River -- has the fastest growth of coronavirus cases in the U.S.

The five-county area encompassing Nebraska, Iowa and parts of South Dakota landed on the top of the New York Times' list of U.S. cities with the highest daily growth rate, charting 131% daily growth in recent days. According to the county's public health department, as of Monday, there are 608 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county of 20,026 people -- meaning 30 people out of every 1,000, or 3% of all residents, have contracted the disease.

The county recorded its first two cases of the disease on April 13 but has since jumped to the No. 5 county in the U.S. in terms of growth rate

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