Hospitalizations with COVID-19 continue to rise in Iowa

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – More patients in Iowa hospitals have been in intensive care units with COVID-19 since before Christmas 2020, according to the latest state data.

As of Wednesday, the state reported a total of 8,404 additional people who tested positive for the new coronavirus since the same time last Wednesday. An average of 1,200.6 people tested positive for the day in the last week, slightly higher than the 1,186.9 people in the previous week. A total of 416,794 individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

According to the state, about 29% of last week’s positive test set was for children 17 years of age or younger. This represents a 22% increase in the total positive proportion of this age group during the week.

30 more people who died with COVID-19 were added to the state total since last Wednesday, which is now 6,337 people as of March 2020.

578 people are in Iowa hospitals with COVID-19, a net increase of 54 since last Wednesday. 158 of these patients are in intensive care units, a net increase of 15. 82 patients require the use of a ventilator, a net increase of 16. 86 people were recently admitted to state hospitals with the virus in the last 24 hours.

During the last week, an additional 26,771 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered, lower than the 34,960 doses of the previous week. A total of 3,246,108 doses have been administered since they became available. 129,900 people have received a dose of vaccine and hope to complete their series. 1,627,160 people have completed the vaccination course, which is about 51% of the state’s population.

A total of 23,586 people were tested for COVID-19 for the first time last week, resulting in a positivity rate for this batch of 35.6%. Since the beginning of the pandemic, COVID-19 screening tests have been performed on 1,935,942 people.

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