DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – The Iowa Department of Public Health reported a total of 575 COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state on Friday. The number has dropped by 25 since that date.
As of 10:30 a.m. Friday, the use of the ICU and fan is also low. The state reported 117 patients in intensive care (down from 134 reported this time on Thursday) and 63 patients with ventilators (compared to 69 on Thursday).
The state reported an additional 2,132 Yowans in the last 24 hours that tested positive for COVID-19, and the state added another 7 reported COVID-19 deaths.
According to state data, this morning, a total of 282,435 owani tested positive for COVID-19 and 3,898 owani died of the virus since the pandemic began.
These data show that COVID-19 was the leading cause of 3,578 deaths, and COVID-19 was a contributing factor to 320 deaths.
A total of 241,228 Yowans recovered from COVID-19.
According to the data provided by the state, 4,629 tests have been reported in the last 24 hours. A total of 1,359,654 tests have been performed since the beginning of the pandemic. According to these data, the positivity rate in the last 24 hours was 46.1 percent.
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