NOW. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THE NEW SHORTAGE OF THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON COVID-19 VACCINE IS PUTTING THE BRAKES ON SOME LARGE CLINICS FOR MANY, IOWA COLLEGES IN UNIVERSITIES. IT IS STACIOUS CASEY CCI. ORDER TODD MAGEL SHOWS US IT MAY NOW TAKE LONGER FOR THE SCHOOLS TO VACCINATE THEIR STUDENTS. VACCINATING MORE THAN 30,000 STUDENTS HERE AT IOWA STATE IS A BIG JOB, BUT IT EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM IS HAVING ENOUGH VACCINE. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY HAS TURNED THE VACCINATION PROCESS WITH THE PFIZER AND MODERNA DRUGS INTO A FINELY TUNED MACHINE. SO WHEN THE UNIVERSITY DECIDED TO HOLD A MASS VACCINATION CLINIC FOR ALL OF ITS STUDENTS. ON APRIL 20TH AT THE STATE GYM USING THE NEW JOHNSON & JOHNSO DRUG STUDENTS WERE EXCITED YES TO DECREASE THE CHANCES OF GETTING IT AND MAKING IT SAFER FOR EVERYONE FOR CAMPUS SO YOU CAN RETURN BACK TO A NORMAL LIFE RATHER THAN HUNDREDS. WE MAY DO THOUSANDS A WEEK. THAT WAS THE PLAN ISU EMERGENCY MANAGER STEPHEN SIMPSONHAD WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT THE NEW SHIPMENTS OF THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE, BUT THEN CAME WORD THAT PRODUCTION PROBLEMS WOULD SEVERELY LIMIT DISTRIBUTION TO THE COUNTRY. SO NOW THE PLAN FOR GIVING SHOTS EIGHT HOURS A DAY. THREE WEEKS MAY HAVE TO BE SCALED BACK SIMPSON IS NOT PHASED AND SAYS, IT’S JUST ANOTHER BUMP IN THE COVID-19 ROAD. WE STAY FLEXIBLE. THAT’S OUR JOB EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND THIS INSTITUTION HAS STATE. FLEXIBLE AND INNOVATIVE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS NO MATTER HOW MUCH VACCINE IOWA STATE GETS IT SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO INNATE STUDENTS IN SMALLER NUMBERS
700,000 people now fully vaccinated in Iowa
Updated: 9:59 AM CDT Apr 9, 2021
Iowa’s COVID-19 positivity rates have dropped again but hospitalizations continue to rise.On Friday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 559 new positive virus tests and seven additional deaths. At 10 a.m., the health department reported 384,591 total positive tests, 337,131 total recoveries and 5,843 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 384,032 total positive tests and 5,843 total deaths.More than 700,000 people have been fully vaccinated in Iowa. A total of 1,748,225 vaccine doses have been administered in the state and 711,748 individuals have completed the vaccine series. Find out how you can get vaccinated in Iowa here. Iowa’s 7-day positivity rate dropped from 5% to 4.7% in the last 24 hours. The 14-day average fell from 4.8% to 4.7%. Iowa reports 4,560,277 tests have been administered in the state. Virus hospitalizations continue to rise in Iowa. There are now 228 people hospitalized with COVID-19, up from 219 the previous day. There are 49 patients in ICU and 20 patients on ventilators.The number of long-term care facilities reporting virus outbreaks in Iowa remains at two. The state reports 22 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities. Iowa reports 2,286 total care facility deaths.The Iowa Department of Public Health displays COVID-19 data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary at 10 a.m.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
Iowa’s COVID-19 positivity rates have dropped again but hospitalizations continue to rise.
On Friday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 559 new positive virus tests and seven additional deaths. At 10 a.m., the health department reported 384,591 total positive tests, 337,131 total recoveries and 5,843 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 384,032 total positive tests and 5,843 total deaths.
More than 700,000 people have been fully vaccinated in Iowa. A total of 1,748,225 vaccine doses have been administered in the state and 711,748 individuals have completed the vaccine series. Find out how you can get vaccinated in Iowa here.
Iowa’s 7-day positivity rate dropped from 5% to 4.7% in the last 24 hours. The 14-day average fell from 4.8% to 4.7%. Iowa reports 4,560,277 tests have been administered in the state.
Virus hospitalizations continue to rise in Iowa. There are now 228 people hospitalized with COVID-19, up from 219 the previous day. There are 49 patients in ICU and 20 patients on ventilators.
The number of long-term care facilities reporting virus outbreaks in Iowa remains at two. The state reports 22 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities. Iowa reports 2,286 total care facility deaths.
The Iowa Department of Public Health displays COVID-19 data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary at 10 a.m.