CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – According to new data, no additional deaths due to the new coronavirus have been reported to government officials since Saturday morning.
By 10:30 a.m., the Iowa Department of Public Health said 391 people who tested positive for COVID-19 had been added to the state’s total, which now stands at 332,573 people.
With no change in the number of people who died due to the disease, the total remains at the beginning of the pandemic 5,336.
229 people are currently hospitalized in Iowa due to COVID-19, a net decrease of nine since the Saturday morning report. 58 of the people are in intensive care units, a net increase of two. 27 of the patients require the use of a ventilator, a net increase of three.
1,960 individuals tested for the first time on COVID-19 were reported to government officials during the past 24 hours. The positivity rate of that group of tests was 19.9%. 1,538,469 individuals have been tested in the state since the pandemic began.
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