Iowa reaches 5,400 COVID-19 deaths – KCCI Des Moines

WORKING TO GET MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED – TWO IOWANS ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR FREE TIME TO HELP THOSE MOST VULNERABLE. KCCI’S LAUREN JOHNSON HAS THE STORY THAT’S NEW AT 9. (áááPKGááá) < BROOKE JOHNSON, CREATOR OF RESOURCE WEBSITE “BY HAVING ONLY ONLINE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE, IT WAS BECOMING VERY CHALLENGING FOR MY GRAND PARENTS AND FOR OTHER PEOPLE’S ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS TO FIND A VACCINE.”> ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR THE DAY HER GRANDPARENTS COULD GET VACCINATED, BROOKE JOHNSON TOOK MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS. <BROOKE JOHNSON, CREATOR OF RESOURCE WEBSITE “SO WHAT I PUT TOGETHER IS A LITTLE INFORMAL LANDING PAGE THAT JUST HAS QUICK LINKS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH OF THE PHARMACIES I’VE WORKED THROUGH SECURING APPOINTMENTS FOR PEOPLE.”> AND HER EFFORTS SPAN ACROSS HER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, WORKING TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE VACCINATED AS SHE CAN. SHE’S GOTTEN PLENTY OF PRAISE ONLINE. <BROOKE JOHNSON, CREATOR OF RESOURCE WEBSITE “I STARTED WORKING ON THE WEBSITE AROUND VALENTINE’S DAY WEEKEND, SO IT’S ONLY BEEN A COUPLE WEEKS BUT I THINK WE’RE AT ALMOST THREE THOUSAND HITS ON IT.” > AND SHE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE WANTING TO HELP. GRANT KIMBALL, A JUNIOR AT NORWALK HIGH SCHOOL, IS GETTING INVOLVED AS WELL. <GRANT KIMBALL, ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL SENIORS “SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE A PRETTY SIMPLE THING TO DO TO KIND OF JUST GO OUT AND HELP THE ELDERLY OF THE COMMUNITY SIGN UP FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.”> HIS FACEBOOK PAGE FOR HIS PROGRAM JUST WENT LIVE – ANYONE INTERESTED IN GETTING A VACCINE CAN JUST SEND HIM AN EMAIL AND AND HE’LL WORK WITH THEM TO SET UP A VACCINE APPOINTMENT. HE SAYS THIS IS AN EASY THING HE AND HIS PEERS CAN DO TO HELP. <GRANT KIMBALL,

Iowa reaches 5,400 COVID-19 deaths

The Iowa department of Public Health on Tuesday reported 694 new positive COVID-19 cases and 26 additional deaths.At 10 a.m., the health department reported 360,278 total positive tests, 310,884 total recoveries and 5,400 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 359,584 total cases and 5,374 total deaths.IPDH reports 589,056 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa, with 146,603 individuals receiving both doses. Find out how to get vaccinated in Iowa here.Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate stands at 4.3% and the 7-day average is at 4.2%. There have been 3,975,909 COVID-19 tests administered in the state.There are currently 227 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, up slightly from 222 the previous day. The state reports 58 patients in ICU and 25 patients on ventilators.Twenty of Iowa’s long-term care facilities are reporting virus outbreaks. That’s down from 21 a day earlier. The health department reports 520 positive cases and 352 recoveries among residents and staff within those facilities. Iowa has reported 2,144 care facility deaths.The Iowa Department of Public Health offers COVID-19 data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a summary of the data each day at 10 a.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

The Iowa department of Public Health on Tuesday reported 694 new positive COVID-19 cases and 26 additional deaths.

At 10 a.m., the health department reported 360,278 total positive tests, 310,884 total recoveries and 5,400 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 359,584 total cases and 5,374 total deaths.

IPDH reports 589,056 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa, with 146,603 individuals receiving both doses. Find out how to get vaccinated in Iowa here.

Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate stands at 4.3% and the 7-day average is at 4.2%. There have been 3,975,909 COVID-19 tests administered in the state.

There are currently 227 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, up slightly from 222 the previous day. The state reports 58 patients in ICU and 25 patients on ventilators.

Twenty of Iowa’s long-term care facilities are reporting virus outbreaks. That’s down from 21 a day earlier. The health department reports 520 positive cases and 352 recoveries among residents and staff within those facilities. Iowa has reported 2,144 care facility deaths.

The Iowa Department of Public Health offers COVID-19 data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a summary of the data each day at 10 a.m.