The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations continues to show a slow improvement

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DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – Values ​​for the new coronavirus showed consistent trends on Sunday morning, as in recent days, according to state data.

As of 10:30 a.m., the Iowa Department of Public Health said 1,330 people who tested positive for COVID-19 had been added to the state total, which now stands at 296,441. 255,955 people are considered to have recovered from the disease, which represents an increase of 853.

Another 11 people who died from COVID-19 have been added to the state total, which is now 4,138 since the pandemic began.

541 patients are in Iowa hospitals because of COVID-19, a net decrease of eight. 105 of these patients are in intensive care units, a net decrease of five. 41 requires the use of a fan, a net decrease of six. 72 people were recently admitted to Iowa hospitals during the 24-hour reporting period, about the same as Saturday morning’s report.

Another 3,946 people had the results of tests reported by public and private laboratories in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate for this batch of tests was 33.7%, slightly lower than the 35.6% of the previous day. The positivity rate calculated using this method may differ from the number on the state coronavirus dashboard due to the fact that it uses the number of people tested, not the total number of tests, including people who have been tested repeatedly.

A total of 1,394,799 people in Iowa have been tested since the beginning of the pandemic.

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