DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa on Tuesday reported seven additional coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the state total to 3,999.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University report that Iowa’s per capita mortality rate rose from an oscillation to the 14th highest in the country, with 126.5 deaths per 100,000 people.
Recently updated state data shows 3,952 people died in Iowa in November, the highest total death toll in the state.
Available state data show that Iowa’s total deaths last year are the highest for a year at all, at least since 1915. Deaths through November were 31,628. Even without the December deaths added to the state, they have already surpassed the 2019 deaths, which totaled 30,669.
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