CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – The number of people hospitalized for the new coronavirus rose slightly, according to state data, as tests continued to lag behind the most common rates due to Cape Town holidays. ‘Year.
As of 10:30 a.m. Sunday, the Iowa Department of Public Health said 1,121 people who tested positive for COVID-19 had been added to the state total since the same hour on Saturday, which now stands at 284,265. A total of 244,022 people are estimated to have recovered from the disease, with an increase of 804 people.
No additional people who died of COVID-19 were added to the state total. 3,946 people have died from the virus since the pandemic began.
577 people were hospitalized in Iowa due to the disease, a net increase of five people. 120 of these people are in intensive care units, a net increase of one. 52 of these patients require the use of a ventilator, a net decrease of eight. 66 people were recently admitted to Iowa hospitals during the 24-hour reporting period, which was the lowest total number of new admissions since Oct. 19.
An additional 2,634 people reported test results from public and private labs over the past 24 hours, reflecting the reduction in the number of tests probably due to the holiday period. The positivity rate of this test batch was 42.6%, higher than the 34.5% 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 1,364,344 people in Iowa have been tested since the beginning of the pandemic.
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