DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – The Iowa Department of Public Health reported Tuesday that another 83 COVID-19 deaths and another 1,199 cases of the virus have been confirmed.
By 10:30 a.m., a total of 298,065 Iowane tested positive for the virus and 4,222 total Iowane had died with the virus since the pandemic began.
The state’s data show that COVID-19 was the underlying cause of 3,861 of the reported deaths, and it was a contributing factor in 361 of the reported deaths.
A total of 258,746 people in Iowa have recovered from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
According to the state, 552 people are in the hospital with the virus. In the last 24 hours, 62 patients with the virus have been admitted to hospitals. There are 90 people in the ICU and 30 on fans. The use of fans has continued to decline significantly since reaching a peak of 155 people in fans on November 24th.
According to data provided by the state, 3,453 people have been tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. A total of 1 399 888 tests have been done since the pandemic started. According to these data, the positivity rate during the past 24 hours was 34.7 percent.
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