DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – The Iowa Department of Public Health reported another 74 COVID-19 deaths and 1,177 new virus cases in Iowa on Saturday.
As of 12:30 PM, the state has reported a total of 318,558 cases and 4,651 associated COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
The state lists COVID-19 as the leading cause of 4,236 of the reported deaths, while the virus contributed to 415 of the reported deaths.
A total of 281,462 people in Iowa have recovered from the virus since the pandemic began.
Hospitalizations and the use of ventilators have decreased in the last 24 hours. The state reported that a total of 376 people are hospitalized with the virus in Iowa.
That number is down from 383 reported Friday.
In the last 24 hours, another 48 people have been hospitalized in Iowa hospitals with the virus. There are 84 patients with virus in the ICU and 31 patients with ventilators.
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