STEVE: FIRST, TONIGHT, OPERATION WARP SPEED IS ENDING ITS SECOND WEEK IN IOWA WITH PHARMACY WORKERS VACCINATING PEOPLE IN THE STATE’S LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. STACEY: BUT GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SAYS THE ROLLOUT IS NOT GOING AS EXPECTED. KCCI’S KAYLA JAMES SHOWS WHAT IS BEING DONE, AND WHY LOCAL PHARMACY OWNERS SAY THEY COULD BE A SOLUTION. KAYLA: ON WITH LIFE IN ANKENY IS SET TO GET THEIR FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE ON MONDAY, TWO WEEKS AFTER THEIR GLENWOOD FACILITY RECEIVED ITS OWN. >> TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL – THIS VACCINE IS A GLIMMER OF HOPE. KAYLA: A GLIMMER OF HOPE IOWA LEADERS WANT OTHER LONG-TERM CARE CENTERS TO SEE. BUT INSTEAD, ON THURSDAY, GOVERNOR REYNOLDS TOLD REPORTERS SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED AT THE PACE OF THE ROLLOUT. GOV. REYNOLDS: THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS HAPPENING IN STATES, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NONE OF US ARE HAPPY WITH THE WAY THIS IS BEING EXECUTED. KAYLA: GOVERNORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY VOICED THEIR UNHAPPINESS THURSDAY WITH THE CEOS OF WALGREENS AND CVS. GOVERNOR REYNOLDS’ OFFICE SAYS THE CHAIN PHARMACIES HAVE SINCE PROMISED TO BE MORE EFFICIENT. KCCI DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM WALGREENS BY FRIDAY EVENING. CVS TELLS US, THEIR TEAMS EXPECT TO FINISH ADMINISTERING FIRST DOSES IN SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES BY JANUARY 25. AS OF FRIDAY, THEY HAVE ADMINISTERED OVER 8000 VACCINES IN THE STATE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE PACE OF THE ROLLOUT, NOTED BY GOVERNOR REYNOLDS, ADEL’S SUMPTER PHARMACY OWNER, LESLIE HERRON, SAYS, INDEPENDENT PHARMACIES ARE NOT SURPRISED. >> WE KNEW THEY DID NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND STAFF GEARED UP AND READY TO DO THIS. KAYLA: HERRON SAYS, MANY INDEPENDENT PHARMACIES HAVE AN ADVANTAGE, ONE SHE BELIEVES WOULD HAVE THEM COVERING MORE GROUND. >> WE EACH HAVE A COMMUNITY BASE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, THAT IT IS NOT A DAUNTING TASK TO GO TO ONE NURSING HOME OR THREE NURSING HOMES A DAY. KAYLA: LESLIE HERRON SAYS SHE AND OTHER INDEPENDENT PHARMACY OWNERS BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPROACHED TO HELP FROM THE GET-GO. BUT SHE ALSO NOTES, IT IS NOT TOO LATE. >> I COULD HAVE HAD EVERY PATIENT AND STAFF MEMBER VACCCINATED. AND I COULD HAVE WALKED BACK AND BEEN BACK IN AN HOUR. KAYLA: KAYLA JAMES, KCCI 8 N
Iowa reports 1,330 new COVID-19 cases, 11 additional deaths Sunday
Updated: 9:58 AM CST Jan 10, 2021
The Iowa Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 1,330 new positive COVID-19 cases and 11 additional deaths.As of 10 a.m., the state reported 296,441 total cases, 255,597 total recoveries and 4,138 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. The health department reported 295,111 total cases and 4,127 total deaths a day earlier.State data shows 1,394,802 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19, while 3,248,281 total tests have been administered. The state’s 14-day positivity rate is now 14.7%, down from 14.8% the previous day. The 7-day positivity rate decreased from 12.2% to 12%. The number of counties reporting a 14-day positivity rate remains unchanged at 59.The number of Iowans hospitalized with the virus continues a downward trend. There are now 541 hospitalized, down from 549 a day earlier. There were 72 patients hospitalized in the last 24 hours, down from 75 a day earlier. There are 105 patients in ICU and 41 patients on ventilators.The number of Iowa’s long-term care facilities reporting COVID-19 outbreaks remains unchanged in the last 24 hours at 90. The Iowa Department of Public Health offers COVID-19 data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary at 10 a.m.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
The Iowa Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 1,330 new positive COVID-19 cases and 11 additional deaths.
As of 10 a.m., the state reported 296,441 total cases, 255,597 total recoveries and 4,138 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. The health department reported 295,111 total cases and 4,127 total deaths a day earlier.
State data shows 1,394,802 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19, while 3,248,281 total tests have been administered. The state’s 14-day positivity rate is now 14.7%, down from 14.8% the previous day. The 7-day positivity rate decreased from 12.2% to 12%. The number of counties reporting a 14-day positivity rate remains unchanged at 59.
The number of Iowans hospitalized with the virus continues a downward trend. There are now 541 hospitalized, down from 549 a day earlier. There were 72 patients hospitalized in the last 24 hours, down from 75 a day earlier. There are 105 patients in ICU and 41 patients on ventilators.
The number of Iowa’s long-term care facilities reporting COVID-19 outbreaks remains unchanged in the last 24 hours at 90.
The Iowa Department of Public Health offers COVID-19 data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary at 10 a.m.