DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – The Iowa Department of Public Health reported Tuesday an additional 83 COVID-19-related deaths and 1,199 more confirmed cases of the virus.
As of 10:30 a.m., a total of 298,065 Yowans have tested positive for the virus and 4,222 Iowans have died from the virus since the pandemic began.
State data show that COVID-19 was the underlying cause of 3,861 of the reported deaths and was a factor that contributed to 361 of the reported deaths.
A total of 258,746 people in Iowa have recovered from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
The state reported that 552 people are in the hospital with the virus. An additional 62 patients were admitted to hospitals with the virus in the last 24 hours. There are 90 people in the ICU and 30 in fans. Fan use has continued to decline substantially in the state since it reached a maximum of 155 people with fans on November 24th.
According to the data provided by the State, 3,453 people have been tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. A total of 1,399,888 tests have been performed since the start of the pandemic. According to these data, the positivity rate in the last 24 hours was 34.7 percent.
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