DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – According to new state data, more individuals in Iowa have tested positive for the new coronavirus, while several more who have died have been reported to officials since Friday morning.
On Saturday, at 10:30 a.m., the Iowa Department of Public Health said that 616 people who tested positive for the virus had been added to the state’s total since the same time Friday, which now stands at 356,460.
Another six people killed with COVID-19 have been added to the total of the state, which stands at 5,849 since the start of the pandemic.
218 people are being hospitalized in Iowa with COVID-19, a net decrease of 10 since Friday morning. 52 of the people are in intensive care units, a net increase of three. 19 of the patients require the use of a ventilator, a net decrease of one. 47 people were just admitted to Iowa hospitals during the 24-hour reporting period, a number similar to the previous day.
A total of 1,794,368 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered so far in Iowa, an increase of 46,143 since the same time Saturday. 733,783 people completed their vaccination course, either through the two-stroke vaccines or the one-shot vaccine Johnson & Johnson, which is an increase of 22,035.
The first tests of 3,003 individuals were reported to the state in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for this group of tests was 20.5%, slightly higher than the previous day’s 20.0%. A total of 1,663,687 individuals have been tested for the virus since the pandemic began.
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