The total number of COVID-19 hospitalizations falls below 400 for the first time since early October

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – The total number of people hospitalized for the new coronavirus in Iowa has fallen below 400 after spending more than three and a half months above that level, according to new data state Sunday.

As of 10:30 a.m., the Iowa Department of Public Health said 847 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were added to the state total from the same time on Saturday morning. Overall, 312,811 people have tested positive for the virus since the beginning of the pandemic. A total of 274,103 people are estimated to have recovered, an increase of 914.

An additional death due to COVID-19 was reported to the state in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 4,488 people in Iowa.

382 people are hospitalized in Iowa because of the virus, a net decline of 37 since last Saturday’s report. This is the lowest total hospitalization figure since October 5, 2020. Iowa saw a total of 109 consecutive days in this stretch of at least 400 patients hospitalized at the same time with COVID-19. The previous long duration of over 400 patients was six, in early May.

Iowa hospitals reached a maximum of 1,527 patients to date on November 18, 2020.

79 of these people are in intensive care units, with a net increase of three. 36 patients required the use of one ventilator, a net decrease of two. 51 new patients were enrolled in the last 24-hour reporting period, down from 64 people in the previous period.

2,751 more people obtained test results reported by public and private laboratories over the past 24 hours. The positivity rate of this batch of tests was 30.8%, slightly higher than the 29.0% of the previous day. The positivity rate calculated with this method may differ from the number of the state coronavirus dashboard, due to the fact that it uses the number of people tested, not the overall number of tests, including people who have been tested repeatedly. .

A total of 1,447,213 people in Iowa have been tested since the beginning of the pandemic.

The state has not updated its vaccination data since Saturday morning.

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