NEW THIS MORNING, AN AREA TEEN CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY, BY GETTING THE VACCINE. KCCI’S TOMMIE CRKLA IS LIVE WITH THE STORY BEHIND HER PANDEMIC PRESENT. TOMMIE? TOMMIE: WE JUST FINISHED OUR FIRST FULL WEEK WHERE KIDS 1152- COULD GET VACCINAT.ED THAT INCLUDES HERE AT THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY WILL HAVE A VACCINE CLINIC TOMORROW. THAT WILL INCLUDE ALL AGES INCLUDING KIDS AS LONG AS THEY BRING APPARENT. THAT ALSO GOES FOR 14-YEAR-OLD NORA TURNER. THE AVAILABILITY COINCIDED WHIT HER 14TH BIRTHDAY. THE TEENAGER GOT HEROV CID-19 VACCINE TO CELEBRATE HER DAY. SHE WAS VACCINATED AT UNITYPOINT IN URBANDALE. TURNER SAYS SHE GOT IT, BECAUSE EVEN AT HER YOUNG AGE, SHE KNOWS IT’LL HELP SO SHE DOESN’T HAVE TO SEE ANOTHER FAMILY MEER COME DOWN WITH COVID-19. HER MOM, JANELLE, SAYS THEAY D WE ALL FOUND OUT 12-15-YEAR-OLDS COULD GET THE VACCINE, WAS HUGE FOR THR FAEIMILY. AND NOW, THEY’RE ON THE WAY ATO PEACE OF MIND THAT COMES WITH THE VAINCC >> I REALLY CONSIDER IT IMPORTANT SO THAT WAY I CAN TRY AND GET BACK TO SOME SEN OSEF NORMALCY, BECAUSE THE WHEOL TOLL ON MY FAMILY. >> IT’S HER BIRTHD.AY I CAN’T THINK OF A BETR FTTE TO GIVE HER RIGHT NOW, OTHER THAN TS HIGIFT OF A VACCINTOE HELP GET THINGS BACK TO NORM.AL TOIEMM
2.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Iowa
Updated: 9:59 AM CDT May 24, 2021
There have now been 2.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Iowa.On Monday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 58 new positive COVID-19 tests and no additional deaths.At 10 a.m., IDPH reported 400,095 total positive COVID-19 tests, 357,732 total recoveries and 6,035 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. A day earlier, IDPH reported 400,847 total positive tests and 6,035 total deaths.State data shows 1,321,468 people have completed a vaccine series in Iowa. There have been 2,706,259 total vaccine doses administered in the state. Find out how you can get vaccinated in Iowa here.Iowa’s 14-day test positivity rate is holding steady at 2.8%, while the 7-day average remains at 2.7%. There have been 5,007,283 total COVID-19 tests administered in the state.The number of Iowans hospitalized with COVID-19 is down to 118 from 122 the previous day. There are 33 patients in ICU and 17 patients on ventilators. There are COVID-19 outbreaks in two of Iowa’s long-term care facilities. Iowa reports 17 positive cases and one recovery among residents and staff within those facilities. There have been 2,359 care facility deaths in Iowa.IDPH provides COVID-19 data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary of the data at 10 a.m.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
There have now been 2.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Iowa.
On Monday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 58 new positive COVID-19 tests and no additional deaths.
At 10 a.m., IDPH reported 400,095 total positive COVID-19 tests, 357,732 total recoveries and 6,035 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. A day earlier, IDPH reported 400,847 total positive tests and 6,035 total deaths.
State data shows 1,321,468 people have completed a vaccine series in Iowa. There have been 2,706,259 total vaccine doses administered in the state. Find out how you can get vaccinated in Iowa here.
Iowa’s 14-day test positivity rate is holding steady at 2.8%, while the 7-day average remains at 2.7%. There have been 5,007,283 total COVID-19 tests administered in the state.
The number of Iowans hospitalized with COVID-19 is down to 118 from 122 the previous day. There are 33 patients in ICU and 17 patients on ventilators.
There are COVID-19 outbreaks in two of Iowa’s long-term care facilities. Iowa reports 17 positive cases and one recovery among residents and staff within those facilities. There have been 2,359 care facility deaths in Iowa.
IDPH provides COVID-19 data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary of the data at 10 a.m.