CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Officials reported no deaths due to the new state-wide coronavirus in the state as of Saturday morning, while the seven-day trend in recently reported cases continued to decline .
As of 10:30 a.m., the Iowa Department of Public Health said 560 people were added who tested positive for COVID-19 in the state, which is now 332,182 people in total. The seven-day continuous average of new positive individuals reported per day is 497, the lowest metric since August 14th.
The state no longer reports the number of people considered recovered from the disease.
With no more deaths due to the virus, the state total remains 5,336 since the pandemic began.
238 people are hospitalized due to COVID-19, a net decline of three since the Friday morning report. 56 of these people are in intensive care units, with a net decline of four. 24 of these patients require the use of one ventilator, a net decrease of two. 34 people have been admitted to Iowa hospitals in the past 24 hours.
The test results were reported to an additional 2,121 people in the last 24 hours, resulting in a positivity rate of 26.4%. The total number of people who have been tested is now 1,536,509.
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