CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Officials reported no new deaths from the new coronavirus in the state’s total since Saturday morning, while the seven-day trend in newly reported cases continued decreases.
As of 10:30 a.m., the Iowa Department of Public Health said 560 people who tested positive for COVID-19 had been added to the state total, which is now 332,182 people in total. The seven-day average of new positive people reported per day is 497, the lowest value since August 14.
The state no longer reports the number of people considered recovered from the disease.
Without other people who have died from the virus, the state’s total remains 5,336 since the pandemic began.
238 people are hospitalized because of COVID-19, a net drop of three since Friday morning’s report. 56 of these people are in intensive care units, a net decrease of four. 24 of these patients require the use of a ventilator, a net decrease of two. 34 people have been hospitalized in Iowa hospitals in the last 24 hours of reporting.
Another 2121 people had the test results reported in the last 24 hours, leading to a positivity rate of 26.4%. The total number of people who have been tested is now 1,536,509.
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