DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – More people have been added who tested positive for the new coronavirus to the state’s total turnover, according to new data Sunday.
As of 10:30 a.m., the Iowa Department of Public Health said an additional 280 cases had been reported to the state since the same hour on Saturday morning, bringing Iowa’s total to 342,743 people since the pandemic began. The state no longer tracks the number of people who are considered recovered.
No COVID-19-related deaths have been reported to the state in the past 24 hours. The total number of people who have died from the virus in Iowa is 5,633.
160 people are hospitalized in Iowa due to COVID-19, a net decrease of 22. 40 of these people are in intensive care units, a net decrease of one. 18 of these patients require the use of a ventilator, a net increase of one. 29 people were recently admitted to Iowa hospitals during the last 24-hour reporting period, a slightly lower rate than in the past two days.
To date, 1,076,880 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Iowa, an increase of 45,818 since the same time on Friday. 394,565 people have completed the vaccination course, either through the two-shot vaccines or the Johnson & Johnson single vaccine.
The first tests of 1,546 people were reported to the state in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate of this test batch was 18.1%. A total of 1,596,314 individuals have been tested for the virus since the pandemic began.
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