Tom Milligan counted the deaths.As the pandemic swept through the country and new COVID-19 cases began to rise across the state last year, Milligan found himself tallying each death that resulted from the virus. He figured out his older brother, Lonny, who died this past spring, was the 297th death to occur in Iowa.“I remember that number,” said Milligan, a West Amana resident.
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Michaela Ramm, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Tue, 03/23/2021 - 5:18pm
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