DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – The Iowa Department of Public Health on Thursday reported another 22 deaths related to COVID-19 and 841 more positive cases of the virus in Iowa.
On a positive note, nearly 100,000 people in Iowa received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
As of Thursday at 10:30 a.m., state data showed that a total of 327,255 people in Iowa had tested positive for COVID-19, and a total of 5,196 people had died from the virus since the pandemic began.
The state cites COVID-19 as the underlying cause of 4,690 of the reported deaths, while the virus was a contributing factor in 506 of the reported deaths.
A total of 299,122 people in Iowa have recovered from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
COVID-19 hospitalizations declined for the third consecutive day in Iowa. Wednesday was the first day since September that the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations was below 300.
As of Thursday 10:30 a.m., the state reports that 273 people have been admitted to the hospital with the virus. This is a decrease compared to the 292 hospitalizations reported on Wednesday. In the past 24 hours, 32 people have been admitted to Iowa hospitals with the virus. There are 64 patients in the ICU and 26 in ventilators.
According to data provided by the state, 3,725 people have been tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The state reports that a total of 1,505,505 tests have been done since the pandemic began. According to this data, the positivity rate over the past 24 hours was 22.6 percent.
From 10:30 a.m. Show the vaccine administration dashboard a total of 382 598 doses of COVID-19 administered. A total of 99,978 people both completed the vaccine doses in Iowa.
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